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Top 200 Lisa See Quotes (2026 Update)
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Lisa See Quote: “But when people suggested the haenyeo start using oxygen tanks, she, along with other divers around the island, refused. “Everything we do must be natural,” she’d told the collective, “otherwise we’ll harvest too much, deplete our wet fields, and earn nothing.” There, again, balance.”

201. “But when people suggested the haenyeo start using oxygen tanks, she, along with other divers around the island, refused. “Everything we do must be natural,” she’d told the collective, “otherwise we’ll harvest too much, deplete our wet fields, and earn nothing.” There, again, balance.”

Lisa See Quote: “For much of my life I felt alone, but over the years a circle of women came to love me, and I came to love each of those women in return.”

202. “For much of my life I felt alone, but over the years a circle of women came to love me, and I came to love each of those women in return.”

Lisa See Quote: “I wish I could explain to them that while I take pride in what I’ve accomplished with their footbinding, I despise this chore with equal measure. Who among us would wish to inflict agony on her child? We say we want sons to continue the family line, but sometimes I wonder if what we’re really saying is that we’d rather have a son than do this.”

203. “I wish I could explain to them that while I take pride in what I’ve accomplished with their footbinding, I despise this chore with equal measure. Who among us would wish to inflict agony on her child? We say we want sons to continue the family line, but sometimes I wonder if what we’re really saying is that we’d rather have a son than do this.”

Lisa See Quote: “A woman is a woman whether born in the dirt or on silk.”

204. “A woman is a woman whether born in the dirt or on silk.”

Lisa See Quote: “I always assured him our son would become master of the Garden of Fragrant Delights. Now Manzi never will.”

205. “I always assured him our son would become master of the Garden of Fragrant Delights. Now Manzi never will.”

Lisa See Quote: “My father was gone for Respectful Lady’s final hours, just as Grandfather is away from us now, which makes me wonder if a death vigil is something we women are compelled to do. I would not want Maoren to watch my final attempts at breath or see the messy things that happen as my soul departs my body.”

206. “My father was gone for Respectful Lady’s final hours, just as Grandfather is away from us now, which makes me wonder if a death vigil is something we women are compelled to do. I would not want Maoren to watch my final attempts at breath or see the messy things that happen as my soul departs my body.”

Lisa See Quote: “Let me see you going but never coming back.”

207. “Let me see you going but never coming back.”

Lisa See Quote: “All the sorrows of the world arise from parting, whether in life or by death.”

208. “All the sorrows of the world arise from parting, whether in life or by death.”

Lisa See Quote: “I always think about the tie between emotions and the body. Fierce joy attacks yang; fierce anger damages yin. If I were to write a book, I’d want to include Liver-related conditions that are affected by the different types of anger we women must hide from our husbands, mothers-in-law, and concubines. And then there are the ailments connected to Lung emotions – sadness and worry.”

209. “I always think about the tie between emotions and the body. Fierce joy attacks yang; fierce anger damages yin. If I were to write a book, I’d want to include Liver-related conditions that are affected by the different types of anger we women must hide from our husbands, mothers-in-law, and concubines. And then there are the ailments connected to Lung emotions – sadness and worry.”

Lisa See Quote: “Life without a friend is life without sun. Life without a friend is death.”

210. “Life without a friend is life without sun. Life without a friend is death.”

Lisa See Quote: “Fate sent you in one direction, Destiny sent me in another.”

211. “Fate sent you in one direction, Destiny sent me in another.”

Lisa See Quote: “You must speak if you wish to be heard.” Her features soften, perhaps because she realizes she’s been harsh. “I’m not angry at you,” she says. “I’m irritated with men. I’m lucky to love your grandfather, but most men – other doctors, especially – don’t like to see us succeed. You must always show them respect and let them think they know more than you do, while understanding that you can achieve something they never can. You can actually help women.”

212. “You must speak if you wish to be heard.” Her features soften, perhaps because she realizes she’s been harsh. “I’m not angry at you,” she says. “I’m irritated with men. I’m lucky to love your grandfather, but most men – other doctors, especially – don’t like to see us succeed. You must always show them respect and let them think they know more than you do, while understanding that you can achieve something they never can. You can actually help women.”

Lisa See Quote: “There is soft happiness in sadness and deep sadness in happiness.”

213. “There is soft happiness in sadness and deep sadness in happiness.”

Lisa See Quote: “Anguish nearly destroys me. I’m like a leaf that’s fallen from its home branch and now spirals down, down, down, floating out over a cliff, buffeted by winds, shredded out of existence.”

214. “Anguish nearly destroys me. I’m like a leaf that’s fallen from its home branch and now spirals down, down, down, floating out over a cliff, buffeted by winds, shredded out of existence.”

Lisa See Quote: “Your silence is like rain on my worries, feeding and growing them.”

215. “Your silence is like rain on my worries, feeding and growing them.”

Lisa See Quote: “A midwife’s contact with blood places her on the same base level as a butcher. Furthermore, midwives are disreputable. They are too much in the world.”

216. “A midwife’s contact with blood places her on the same base level as a butcher. Furthermore, midwives are disreputable. They are too much in the world.”

Lisa See Quote: “No matter what I do or where I go, I must live as a proper Confucian woman: When a girl, obey your father; when a wife, obey your husband; when a widow, obey your son. My entire life will be limited to a total of three places: the house where I lived with my parents, the Mansion of Golden Light, and my future in-laws’ compound and garden. Weeks.”

217. “No matter what I do or where I go, I must live as a proper Confucian woman: When a girl, obey your father; when a wife, obey your husband; when a widow, obey your son. My entire life will be limited to a total of three places: the house where I lived with my parents, the Mansion of Golden Light, and my future in-laws’ compound and garden. Weeks.”

Lisa See Quote: “But I believe we have even more to gain than a husband’s admiration, and that is compassion. We may not care for concubines, but it’s important to remember that each one came from the womb of a woman. Every girl – no matter how small-minded or unfortunate – had a mother who nursed and cared for her.”

218. “But I believe we have even more to gain than a husband’s admiration, and that is compassion. We may not care for concubines, but it’s important to remember that each one came from the womb of a woman. Every girl – no matter how small-minded or unfortunate – had a mother who nursed and cared for her.”

Lisa See Quote: “A woman who helps others helps herself.”

219. “A woman who helps others helps herself.”

Lisa See Quote: “It may not be decorous to say aloud, but we women – rich, poor, educated, uneducated – are at the mercy of our bodies: the cycles of blood, the patterns of energy, the depth and complexity of our feelings.”

220. “It may not be decorous to say aloud, but we women – rich, poor, educated, uneducated – are at the mercy of our bodies: the cycles of blood, the patterns of energy, the depth and complexity of our feelings.”

Lisa See Quote: “To live is to suffer.”

221. “To live is to suffer.”

Lisa See Quote: “Human life is like a sunbeam passing through a crack.”

222. “Human life is like a sunbeam passing through a crack.”

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