Lisa See

"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."

"Every day Fu-shee, the smaller children, and I fan out in the hills around Green Dragon to strip trees of their bark and leaves, dig up roots and search for wild grass. We'll eat anything, and we have. But you can't eat a leather belt like it's a crisp cucumber. You soak it, boil it, and chew on it for days."