Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.
Lisa SeeIt used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have - I guess you'd call them beauty contests - where all of the women of a particular village or town would be seated behind these screens or curtains with only their feet showing.
Lisa SeeWhat stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved.
Lisa See