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

#life

Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river. ↗

— Lisa See

#novelists #reading #storytellers #storytelling #writers

He was in my hair, my eyes, my fingers, my heart. I day-dreamed about what he was doing, thinking, seeing, smelling, feeling. I could not eat for thoughts of him. ↗

— Lisa See

#love #dreams

In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only. ↗

— Lisa See

#regrets #love

The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child. ↗

— Lisa See

#love #friendship

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

— Lisa See

#life #life

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

#lust #love

When you don’t have much, having less isn’t so bad. ↗

— Lisa See

#inspirational

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

#love-at-first-sight #love

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

#friendship