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Peony in Love

Peony in Love
Lisa See

Peony in Love is the fifth of Lisa See's novels. Her previous novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and Peony in Love emphasize the difficulty 19th- and 17th-century Chinese women had in achieving freedom and identity in a society that was both male dominated and rigid in its gender expectations.

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“Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming -- weren't our dreams what gave us strength, hope, and desire?”

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“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.”

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“all girls have dreams, even if our destinies are set.”

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“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.”

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“When people are alive they love, when they die, they keep loving. If love ends when person dies, that is not real love”

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