Lisa See - Shanghai Girls (2009)

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When the sun is shining, 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.

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Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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May and I are sisters. We'll always fight, but we'll always make up as well. That's what sisters do: we argue, we point out each other's frailties, mistakes, and bad judgment, we flash the insecurities we've had since childhood, and then we come back together. Until the next time.

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People say you need to be strong, smart, and lucky to survive hard times, war, a natural disaster, or physical torture. But I say emotional abuse—anxiety, fear, guilt, and degradation—is far worse and much harder to survive.

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Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.

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Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.

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