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Lisa See quotes: It may be that the numinous spirit of the written word does not perish and so, too, bestows life after death. It may be that the numinous spirit of the written word does not perish and so, too, bestows life after death.
Lisa See quotes: You can't learn about living unless you live. You can't live unless you take a chance; and your living is limited by the chances you take. You can't learn about living unless you live. You can't live unless you take a chance; and your living is limited by the chances you take.
Lisa See quotes: the birth of the twins and what happened to them, although traditional, has transformed me as irreversibly as soaking cloth in a vat of dye. the birth of the twins and what happened to them, although traditional, has transformed me as irreversibly as soaking cloth in a vat of dye.
Lisa See quotes: Poetry is on earth to make you serene, not corrupt your mind, thoughts,or emotions Poetry is on earth to make you serene, not corrupt your mind, thoughts,or emotions
Lisa See quotes: attending USC or Occidental. attending USC or Occidental.
Lisa See quotes: winter gone, mountains clear, water sparkles. winter gone, mountains clear, water sparkles.
Lisa See quotes: It was like watching a silk worm's death-tender and subtle. It was like watching a silk worm's death-tender and subtle.
Lisa See quotes: And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age. And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age.
Lisa See quotes: To us, she was like a rare bird that had escaped its cage and was roaming through a courtyard of common chickens. To us, she was like a rare bird that had escaped its cage and was roaming through a courtyard of common chickens.
Lisa See quotes: What the body knows and what the mind chooses to believe are two different things, after all. What the body knows and what the mind chooses to believe are two different things, after all.
Lisa See quotes: I came here to be happy, and I'm going to be happy. If I smile, then maybe I can convince my body just how happy I am. I came here to be happy, and I'm going to be happy. If I smile, then maybe I can convince my body just how happy I am.
Lisa See quotes: My mother used to tell me that Heaven never seals off all exits. My mother used to tell me that Heaven never seals off all exits.
Lisa See quotes: I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men. I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men.
Lisa See quotes: Nothing in the world is permanent. The only permanent thing is impermanence. Nothing in the world is permanent. The only permanent thing is impermanence.
Lisa See quotes: You can always count on people to crowded your party when you're in glory but you should never dream of people sending you charcoal in the cold. You can always count on people to crowded your party when you're in glory but you should never dream of people sending you charcoal in the cold.
Lisa See quotes: All things not at peace will cry out. All things not at peace will cry out.
Lisa See quotes: You can't fight your fate ... It is predestined. You can't fight your fate ... It is predestined.
Lisa See quotes: The fear of death was a powerful aphrodisiac. The fear of death was a powerful aphrodisiac.
Lisa See quotes: A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest. A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.
Lisa See quotes: It's fair to say I don't know what I'm doing. I like to plot my life and proceed carefully, but life doesn't always follow a plan. It's fair to say I don't know what I'm doing. I like to plot my life and proceed carefully, but life doesn't always follow a plan.
Lisa See quotes: Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times. Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.
Lisa See quotes: I write what I'm interested in. I write what I'm interested in.
Lisa See quotes: A single spark is not enough to warm a room nor is a single seed enough to grow a fruitful crop. Deep love - true heart love - must grow A single spark is not enough to warm a room nor is a single seed enough to grow a fruitful crop. Deep love - true heart love - must grow
Lisa See quotes: recommended to us because he sees lots of recommended to us because he sees lots of
Lisa See quotes: Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want. Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.
Lisa See quotes: I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've never bumped into it. I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've never bumped into it.
Lisa See quotes: Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life. Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life.
Lisa See quotes: Maybe stories and memories are destined to be incomplete... Maybe stories and memories are destined to be incomplete...
Lisa See quotes: You cannot refuse to eat just because there's a chance of being choked. You cannot refuse to eat just because there's a chance of being choked.
Lisa See quotes: Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is. Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.
Lisa See quotes: There is no life without death. That is the true meaning of yin and yang There is no life without death. That is the true meaning of yin and yang
Lisa See quotes: As obident as dogs and as stupid as water buffalo. As obident as dogs and as stupid as water buffalo.
Lisa See quotes: No matter what you're feeling or how desperate you become, always take a moral position. If you do that, God will watch over you. No matter what you're feeling or how desperate you become, always take a moral position. If you do that, God will watch over you.
Lisa See quotes: And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age. And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age.
Lisa See quotes: The realization that truth, forgiveness, and goodness are more important than revenge, condemnation, and cruelty gives me courage and certainty. The realization that truth, forgiveness, and goodness are more important than revenge, condemnation, and cruelty gives me courage and certainty.
Lisa See quotes: My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics. My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics.
Lisa See quotes: Danseuse routine and my fame grew. I could walk into a Danseuse routine and my fame grew. I could walk into a
Lisa See quotes: I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one in the same. I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one in the same.
Lisa See quotes: Everything always returns to the beginning. Everything always returns to the beginning.
Lisa See quotes: Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river. Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.
Lisa See quotes: How can the moon be scooped from the water's surface, or flowers be plucked from the void? How can the moon be scooped from the water's surface, or flowers be plucked from the void?
Lisa See quotes: The human body is a miniature version of the universe - the eyes and ears are the sun and moon, breath is air, blood is rain. The human body is a miniature version of the universe - the eyes and ears are the sun and moon, breath is air, blood is rain.
Lisa See quotes: We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men. We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men.
Lisa See quotes: To make an ox or water buffalo work so hard, it needs to be blinded and uninformed. That's what the government is doing to the masses now. To make an ox or water buffalo work so hard, it needs to be blinded and uninformed. That's what the government is doing to the masses now.
Lisa See quotes: We may look and act modern in many ways, but we can't escape what we are ... obedient chinese daughters. We may look and act modern in many ways, but we can't escape what we are ... obedient chinese daughters.
Lisa See quotes: There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has him. There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has him.
Lisa See quotes: But why bother trying to turn a monkey into a goat? But why bother trying to turn a monkey into a goat?
Lisa See quotes: Only through pain will you have beauty. Only through suffering will you find peace. I wrap, I bind, but you will have the reward. Only through pain will you have beauty. Only through suffering will you find peace. I wrap, I bind, but you will have the reward.
Lisa See quotes: What stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved. What stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved.
Lisa See quotes: Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart love. Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart love.
Lisa See quotes: My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears. My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.
Lisa See quotes: Stories tell us how we should live. Stories tell us how we should live.
Lisa See quotes: When people are alive they love, when they die, they keep loving. If love ends when person dies, that is not real love When people are alive they love, when they die, they keep loving. If love ends when person dies, that is not real love
Lisa See quotes: We were to be like long vines with entwined roots, like trees that stand a thousand years, like a pair of mandarin ducks mated for life We were to be like long vines with entwined roots, like trees that stand a thousand years, like a pair of mandarin ducks mated for life
Lisa See quotes: Hyacinth bean and papayas, long vines, deep roots. Palm trees outside the garden walls, with deep roots, stand a thousand years. Hyacinth bean and papayas, long vines, deep roots. Palm trees outside the garden walls, with deep roots, stand a thousand years.
Lisa See quotes: This is how things were: heavyhearted, but done in the traditional manner. THE This is how things were: heavyhearted, but done in the traditional manner. THE
Lisa See quotes: Could love be strong enough to outlast death not once but three times? Could love be strong enough to outlast death not once but three times?
Lisa See quotes: I have a whole life to tell; I have nothing left to lose and few to offend. I have a whole life to tell; I have nothing left to lose and few to offend.
Lisa See quotes: The lotus symbolizes purity, because it rises out of the mud but looks pristine. The lotus symbolizes purity, because it rises out of the mud but looks pristine.
Lisa See quotes: I didn't know you would be here last night, but you were. We can't fight fate. Instead, we must accept that fate has given us a special opportunity. I didn't know you would be here last night, but you were. We can't fight fate. Instead, we must accept that fate has given us a special opportunity.
Lisa See quotes: It's hard for a snake to go back to Hell once its had a taste of Heaven. It's hard for a snake to go back to Hell once its had a taste of Heaven.
Lisa See quotes: Give a low man one ounce of power and he'll throw ten thousand pounds of bricks on your head. Give a low man one ounce of power and he'll throw ten thousand pounds of bricks on your head.
Lisa See quotes: Anyone who says that women do not have influence in men's decisions makes a vast and stupid mistake. Anyone who says that women do not have influence in men's decisions makes a vast and stupid mistake.
Lisa See quotes: Dreamers are born to be disappointed. Dreamers are born to be disappointed.
Lisa See quotes: The fallen leaves return to the root. The fallen leaves return to the root.
Lisa See quotes: People write to me all the time, and I write back. People write to me all the time, and I write back.
Lisa See quotes: You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman. You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.
Lisa See quotes: have forced myself to move forward, but I can never move on. have forced myself to move forward, but I can never move on.
Lisa See quotes: You are very smart. You must be very well educated. You are very pretty. You must be very rich because you're a writer. You are very smart. You must be very well educated. You are very pretty. You must be very rich because you're a writer.
Lisa See quotes: In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only. In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only.
Lisa See quotes: Snow Flower was my old same for life. I had a greater and deeper love for her than I could ever feel for a person who was my husband. Snow Flower was my old same for life. I had a greater and deeper love for her than I could ever feel for a person who was my husband.
Lisa See quotes: She loves you. She's just forgotten how to show it. She loves you. She's just forgotten how to show it.
Lisa See quotes: You make choices that are good and sound, but the gods have other plans for you. You make choices that are good and sound, but the gods have other plans for you.
Lisa See quotes: The Four Virtuesvirtue, demeanor, speech, and work. The Four Virtues
virtue, demeanor, speech, and work.
Lisa See quotes: all mistakes are my own all mistakes are my own
Lisa See quotes: Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that. Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.
Lisa See quotes: If fire doesn't raze the mountain, the land will not be fertile. If fire doesn't raze the mountain, the land will not be fertile.
Lisa See quotes: I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic. I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.
Lisa See quotes: When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it. When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it.
Lisa See quotes: Waves of heat shimmy off the tarmac, and the air is stiflingly hot, with humidity that's even worse Waves of heat shimmy off the tarmac, and the air is stiflingly hot, with humidity that's even worse
Lisa See quotes: She brags that she once earned one She brags that she once earned one
Lisa See quotes: I remember a song we used to sing, "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean." But I thought it was, "Columbus, Jump in the Ocean. I remember a song we used to sing, "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean." But I thought it was, "Columbus, Jump in the Ocean.
Lisa See quotes: To believe in dreams is to spend half your life asleep. To believe in dreams is to spend half your life asleep.
Lisa See quotes: People are shaped by the earth and water around them. People are shaped by the earth and water around them.
Lisa See quotes: The greatest calling of all is to have a literary life. The greatest calling of all is to have a literary life.
Lisa See quotes: When in the world did anyone die from a dream? When in the world did anyone die from a dream?
Lisa See quotes: When you lose your home country, what do you preserve and what do you abandon? When you lose your home country, what do you preserve and what do you abandon?
Lisa See quotes: What was the purpose of being wrapped like a present if you had no feelings for the person you were being given to? What was the purpose of being wrapped like a present if you had no feelings for the person you were being given to?
Lisa See quotes: Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest. Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest.
Lisa See quotes: Dad was the biological vessel who helped put my soul into this body, Dad was the biological vessel who helped put my soul into this body,
Lisa See quotes: Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt. Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.
Lisa See quotes: I saw that deep-heart love meant loving someone in spite of and because of his limitations. I saw that deep-heart love meant loving someone in spite of and because of his limitations.
Lisa See quotes: Her heart was like a great road with room for everyone. Her heart was like a great road with room for everyone.
Lisa See quotes: Perhaps he was afraid as I was that we'd be caught. Or perhaps he was breathing me in just as I was letting him come into my lungs, my eyes, Perhaps he was afraid as I was that we'd be caught. Or perhaps he was breathing me in just as I was letting him come into my lungs, my eyes, my heart.
Lisa See quotes: I would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay I would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay
Lisa See quotes: Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming weren't our dreams what gave us strength, hope, and desire? Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming
weren't our dreams what gave us strength, hope, and desire?
Lisa See quotes: Tea reminds us to slow down and escape the pressures of modern life," he says Tea reminds us to slow down and escape the pressures of modern life," he says
Lisa See quotes: We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men. We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men.
Lisa See quotes: I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret. I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.
Lisa See quotes: Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary. Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.

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