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The Island of Sea Women QUOTES

The Island of Sea Women QUOTES

1 " A monument will never change how she feels. It's unfair that victims should have to forgive those who raped, tortured, and killed, or burned villages to the ground. On an Island of World Peace, shouldn't those who inflicted terrible harm on others be forced to confess and atone, and not make widows and mothers pay for stone monuments? "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

2 " I used to think mothers-in-law are difficult the world over, but on that day I came to understand that they're simply unknowable. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

3 " Every woman who enters the sea carries a coffin on her back,” she warned the gathering. “In this world, in the undersea world, we tow the burdens of a hard life. We are crossing between life and death every day.”

These traditional words were often repeated on Jeju, but we all nodded somberly as though hearing them for the first time.

“When we go to the sea, we share the work and the danger,” Mother added. “We harvest together, sort together, and sell together, because the sea itself is communal. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

4 " La dicha es un regalo que disfrutamos con cautela ante la certeza de que la tragedia se esconde a la vuelta de la esquina. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

5 " When the string breaks while working, there is still the rope. When the oars wear out, there is still the tree, " she recited. "You feel you can't go on, but you will. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

6 " You aren't aware your clothes are getting wet in the rain. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

7 " They did this to me. They did that to me. A woman who thinks that way will never overcome her anger. You are not being punished for your anger. You're being punished by your anger. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

8 " How do we fall in love? ... How different it is with friendship. No one picks a friend for us. We come together by choice. We are not tied together through ceremony or the responsibility to create a son. We tie ourselves together through moment. The spark when we first meet. Laughter and tears shared. Secrets packed away to be treasured, hoarded, and protected. The wonder that someone can be so different from you and yet still understand your heart in a way no one else ever will. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

9 " To understand everything is to forgive. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

10 " Fall down eight times, stand up nine. For me, this saying is less about the dead paving the way for future generations than it is for the women of Jeju. We suffer and suffer and suffer, but we also keep getting up. We keep living. You would not be here if you weren't brave. Now you need to be braver still. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

11 " The sea is better than a mother. You can love your mother, and she still might leave you. You can love or hate the sea, but it will always be there. Forever. The sea has been the center of her life. It has nurtured her and stolen from her, but it has never left. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

12 " I’ve had to think about the dark shadow side of friendship. This is the person who knows and loves you best, which means she knows all the ways to hurt and betray you. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

13 " Her house is the nest where she hides the joy, laughter, sorrows, and regrets of her life. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

14 " Parents exist in children,” Grandmother said to bolster my confidence. “Your mother will always exist in you. She will give you strength wherever you go. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

15 " You are not being punished for your anger. You’re being punished by your anger. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

16 " Who can name a death that was not tragic?” the speaker asks. “Is there a way for us to find meaning in the losses we've suffered? Who can say that one soul has a heavier grievance than another? We were all victims. We need to forgive each other.”

Remember? Yes. Forgive? No. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

17 " How can I help change things if I sit by and do nothing? "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

18 " Every woman who enters the sea carries a coffin on her back,” she warned the gathering. “In this world, in the undersea world, we tow the burdens of a hard life. We are crossing between life and death every day. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

19 " If you try to live, you can live on well. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women

20 " For a tree that has many branches, even a small breeze will shake some loose. "

― Lisa See , The Island of Sea Women