Lisa See Quotes

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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

I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men.

Lisa See

For my entire life I longed for love. I knew it was not right for me — as a girl and later as a woman — to want or expect it, but I did, and this unjustified desire has been at the root of every problem I have experienced in my life.

Lisa See

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

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

I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one in the same.

Lisa See

It's funny how in that moment I see things clearly. Am I beaten down? Yes. Have I allowed myself to become a victim? Somewhat. Am I afraid? Always. Does some part of me still long to fly away from this place? Absolutely. But I can't leave. Sam and I have built a life for Joy. It isn't perfect, but it's a life. My family's happiness means more to me that starting over again.

Lisa See

Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.

Lisa See