“As she spoke, I wanted to cry, because sometimes it's just so damn hard to be a mother. We have to wait and wait and wait for our children to open their hearts to us. And if that doesn't work, we have to bide our time and look for the moment of weakness when we can sneak back into their lives and they will see us and remember us for the people who love them unconditionally.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“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, quote from Dreams of Joy
“A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“My mother used to tell me that Heaven never seals off all exits.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“I came here to be happy, and I’m going to be happy. If I smile, then maybe I can convince my body just how happy I am.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“Miracles are everywhere, and as I watch my sister--forever, beautiful, forever my little sister--staring into the eyes of the one man she ever loved, I know that indeed things do return to the beginning. The world opens again, and I see a life of happiness without fear. I gaze at my family--complicated though it may be--and know that fate smiles on us.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“It’s fair to say I don’t know what I’m doing. I like to plot my life and proceed carefully, but life doesn’t always follow a plan.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“No matter what you’re feeling or how desperate you become, always take a moral position. If you do that, God will watch over you.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“Maybe stories and memories are destined to be incomplete...”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“When you lose your home country, what do you preserve and what do you abandon?”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“spring comes, flowers fragrant, bird sings.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“The realization that truth, forgiveness, and goodness are more important than revenge, condemnation, and cruelty gives me courage and certainty.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“The lotus symbolizes purity, because it rises out of the mud but looks pristine.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“La felicità nasce dalla sofferenza, è questo ho intuito.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“winter gone, mountains clear, water sparkles.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“People are shaped by the earth and water around them.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“Tuhan memang menciptakan perempuan, namun Dia lupa menciptakan kebahagiaan.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“Waves of heat shimmy off the tarmac, and the air is stiflingly hot, with humidity that’s even worse”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“I thought I could use idealism to solve my inner conflicts, but in healing my inner conflicts I destroyed my idealism.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“To make an ox or water buffalo work so hard, it needs to be blinded and uninformed. That’s what the government is doing to the masses now.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“La felicità nasce dalla sofferenza, è questo che ho intuito.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“Non vi è ferita più profonda o dolorosa di quella inferta da coloro che sostengono di amarti di più.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
“BE KIND AND BENEVOLENT. MAKE A CASUAL STOP ON THE ENDLESS WAY TO THE FUTURE. and PUT ALL TROUBLES FROM YOUR MIND.”
― Lisa See, quote from Dreams of Joy
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“...all of a sudden I felt filled up again, so that my heart might come up my throat. And I was thinking how that can come over you, out of nowhere, and if it wasn't such a fine feeling, it might almost be frightening. Like there's more love and good thoughts and powerful things inside of you than one body can hold.”
― Katherine Hannigan, quote from Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
“The author nicely encapsulates Paul's overarching intent in his letter to Corinth, to impress upon those in the church infatuated with the gifts of the Spirit a greater awestruck awareness of His presence in and among them. The author then illustrates thusly: if we have but a few coins, we may carry them lightly with little concern as to whether we lose them. But if we are aware that we carry a great sum, we will carry it with great care. How much more the Treasure of the Holy Spirit within the earthen vessel of our bodies?”
― Watchman Nee, quote from The Normal Christian Life
“Poor people have poor options. Chavez found the Army almost by accident, and had found it a true open of security and opportunity and fellowship and respect.”
― Tom Clancy, quote from Clear and Present Danger
“They sat in silence. Feathers, Phoebe thought, searching in vain for some moment of her own that could rival the beauty and mystery of Faith's act. She felt a disappointment so familiar it was almost a comfort.”
― Jennifer Egan, quote from The Invisible Circus
“Anything you want, Bran. You know I won't say no. I never have.”
― Lorelei James, quote from Saddled and Spurred
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