Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend w — Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
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Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend with life but to yield to it.

— Bette Bao Lord, Spring Moon: A Novel of China
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