And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age. Lisa See agebindfoot Change image and share on social
Nu shu means women's writing. And it was a secret writing system that was invented by women, used by women and kept a secret by women in one very remote county in China for a thousand years. It's the only language that was invented and used by women to have been found anywhere in the world. Lisa See chinacountyfind share on social
I think sometimes as an adult, you take people for what they do, and what they are now, instead of the whole picture of their lives. Lisa See adultlivepeople Change image and share on social
My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics. Lisa See bookelectronichardcover Change image and share on social
People write to me all the time, and I write back. Lisa See backpeopletime Change image and share on social
A book is one kind of an art form and a film is a different art form. I think as a writer you just have to say, well the book is one thing, and the film is a completely different one. Lisa See artbookcompletely Change image and share on social
People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other. Lisa See backfriendshipleave Change image and share on social
I think to really be literate in nu shu you only need about 600 characters because it is phonetic. So you're able to then create many words out of one character. Lisa See charactercreateliterate Change image and share on social
And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age. Lisa See 70s80sage Change image and share on social