Quotes from Lisa See

Sometimes you think you have all of tomorrow ahead of you,' Mama often said. 'When the sun is shinning, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut, misfortune can fall from above.

You are a little girl, so you are still in milk days.

You look at me now and see an old face, but once I was beautiful.

When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it

A weak man always seeks to hurt those lower than he is

wants to help," Clara says in her childish Jeju dialect. Young-sook watches the strangers try to assist her grandson as he loads the bags of algae onto the flatbed. Once everything is secured, she climbs behind her grandson and wraps her arms around his waist. She nudges

Your tears will be added to the oceans of salty tears that wash in great waves across our planet. This I know. If you try to live, you can live on well.

In my life, no three miles have been flat and no three days have had sun. I've been brave in the past, but now I'm beyond devastated. My grief is like dense clouds that cannot be dispersed. I can't think beyond the blackness of my clothes and heart.

Mille anni addietro il poeta Han Yun scrisse: «Tutto ciò che non ha pace griderà forte». Paragonò il bisogno umano di esprimere i sentimenti con la scrittura alla forza naturale che spinge le piante a stormire nel vento, o il metallo a risuonare quando viene percosso. Formulata quella considerazione, seppi cosa fare. Ci lavoravo da anni. Privata del mondo esterno, avevo passato la vita a guardarmi dentro e le mie emozioni erano finemente accordate.

On land, you will be a mother. In the sea, you can be a grieving widow. Your tears will be added to the oceans of salty tears that wash in great waves across our planet. This I know. If you try to live, you can live on well.

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.

Yao Niang, the first tiny-footed lady. When that woman

she is protected by the thousands of goddesses who live on this island . .

Joy is a delicious luxury that we experience most cautiously, for tragedy conceals itself around every corner.

Yes, she had held her family together, but at what cost to herself.

Her laugh carries weariness and despair) All you can do is live. You don't have a choice. Life continues whether we want it to or not. The sun will rise despite our suffering.

It is our duty to be keepers and managers of the sea. If we protect our wet fields, they will continue to provide for us.

What's your first impression of a new place? Is it the first meal you eat? Your first ice cream cone? The first person you meet? The first night you spend in your new bed in your new home? The first broken promise?

There is no life without death. This is the true meaning of yin and yang.

People keep asking me why I don't return to China. I tell them I can't return to a place I've never been. In

sociedad matrifocal.

The widow tells me that her monthly moon water is irregular. She has trouble sleeping and is plagued by bouts of sweating. She says she's always taken humble pride in being sharp of mind. "But now I can't remember a thing!" she complains.

Pocos hombres pueden salir adelante sin una mujer, mientras que las mujeres no necesitamos tener a un hombre al lado.

My father always said I was a jade maiden and my future husband was a golden boy