Lisa See Quotes About Heart

Quotes about: Heart

• 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

  Heart, Eye, Thinking

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.71, A&C Black

• I've come to believe that part of lovesickness comes from this conflict between control and desire. In love we have no control. Our hearts and minds are tormented, teased, enticed and delighted by the overwhelming strength of emotions that make us try to forget the real world.

  Lisa See

  Real, Believe, Heart

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.71, A&C Black

• 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

  Heart, Eye, Breathing

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.37, A&C Black

• My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.

  Lisa See

  Heart, Tears, Moments

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.49, A&C Black

• a laotong relationship is made by choice...when we first looked in each other's eyes in the palanquin I felt something special pass between us--like a spark to start a fire or a seed to grow rice. But a single spark is not enough to warm a room nor is a single seed enough to grow a fruitful crop. Deep love--true-heart love--must grow.

  Lisa See

  Eye, Heart, Deep Love

• I am still learning about love. I thought I understood it--not just mother love, but the love for one's parents, for one's husband, and for one's laotong. I've experienced the other types of love--pity love, respectful love and gratitude love. But looking at our secret fan with its messages written between Snow Flower and me over many years, I see that I didn't value the most important love--deep-heart love.

  Lisa See

  Mother, Gratitude, Husband

  Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”, p.4, A&C Black

• Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart love. Peony in Love

  Lisa See

  Heart, Romantic Love, Ideas

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.231, A&C Black

• When I knew I couldn't suffer another moment of pain, and tears fell on my bloody bindings, my mother spoke softly into my ear, encouraging me to go one more hour, one more day, one more week, reminding me of the rewards I would have if I carried on a little longer. In this way, she taught me how to endure — not just the physical trials of footbinding and childbearing but the more torturous pain of the heart, mind, and soul.

  Lisa See

  Mother, Pain, Heart

• A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.

  Lisa See

  Heart, Brave, Feels

  Lisa See (2013). “Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy: Two Bestselling Novels”, p.794, Random House

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