Shanghai Girls Quotes.

1. "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."
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

2. "We hug, but there are no tears. For every awful thing that's been said and done, she is my sister. Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life. She is the only person left in the world who shares my memories of our childhood, our parents, our Shanghai, our struggles, our sorrows, and, yes, even our moments of happiness and triumph. My sister is the one person who truly knows me, as I know her. The last thing May says to me is 'When our hair is white, we'll still have our sister love."
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

3. "Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary."
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

4. "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."
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

5. "Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is."
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

6. "So often, we're told that women's stories are unimportant. After all, what does it matter what happens in the main room, in the kitchen, or in the bedroom? Who cares about the relationships between mother, daughter, and sister? A baby's illness, the sorrows and pains of childbirth, keeping the family together during war, poverty, or even in the best of days are considered small and insignificant compared with the stories of men, who fight against nature to grow their crops, who wage battles to secure their homelands, who struggle to look inward in search of the perfect man. We're told that men are strong and brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat, and bear physical and mental agony much better than men. The men in my life—my father, Z.G., my husband, my father-in-law, my brother-in-law, and my son—faced, to one degree or another, those great male battles, but their hearts—so fragile—wilted, buckled, crippled, corrupted, broke, or shattered when confronted with the losses women face every day...Our men try to act strong, but it is May, Yen-yen, Joy, and I who must steady them and help them bear their pain, anguish, and shame."
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

7. "What stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved."
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

8. "When you don’t have much, having less isn’t so bad."
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

9. "I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have turned out the same. That's the meaning of fate."
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

10. "i would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay"
- Lisa See, Shanghai Girls