Botchan Summary Quotes & Sayings

How did men make themselves loved, I wondered. I had passed all my life with men who were loved but I seemed never to have learnt the lesson. — Maria McCann

Being an American in Australia isn't easy,
but I'm trying to integrate, I'm trying to fit in. — Billy Marshall Stoneking

I think so much
may be it never ends
when this night ends
there's another at hand
I sleep with one
and wake with one
with everything else on
this life goes on. — Jyoti Mishra

The clock in his car hadn't adjusted to daylight saving time yet and said it was four-fifteen when it was really five-fifteen. Peter probably didn't have time to fiddle with it, or it was tricky, as car clocks are. I didn't mind. You can't mind these things, you just can't, for to dislike what makes a person human is to dislike all humans, or at least other people who can't work clocks. You have to love the whole person, if you are truly in love. If you are going to take a lifelong journey with somebody, you can't mind if the other person believes they are leaving for that journey an hour earlier than you, as long as truly, in the real world, you are both leaving at exactly the same time. — Daniel Handler

Be very vigilant over thy child in the April of his understanding, lest the frost of May nip his blossoms. While he is a tender twig, straighten him; whilst he is a new vessel, season him; such as thou makest him, such commonly shall thou find him. Let his first lesson be obedience and his second shall be what thou wilt. — Francis Quarles

God let it be known that it is better to give than to receive, but a lot of people failed to get the message. — Edmund Wattis Littlefield

I won't give up on the one person who truly makes me feel like a superhero. You make me feel like I can leap tall buildings, like I can take on anything that life throws my way. I feel invincible as long as you're by my side. — Beth Michele

It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate. — Luc De Clapiers

Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly. — Cecil Beaton

It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government. — George Meany

As for money and prestige, if one has an opportunity to make money and/or advance their position or place in life, there can be a lot to weigh and consider, such as responsibilities, goals and objectives, etc. We all make choices, deal with our sense of priorities, principles, ethics, morals, balancing, juggling, making compromises ... or not! Ha! — Axl Rose

Tiffany, this is Officer After, who arrested you. Officer After, this is Tiffany Hart, who doesn't remember you. — Jennifer Echols

I am largely worried about wingless chickens. I feel this is the time for me to fulfill myself by stepping in and saving the chicken but I don't know how exactly since I am not bold. I only know I believe in the complete chicken. You think about the complete chicken for a while. — Flannery O'Connor

I'm a big fan of the older vampire movies. — Josh Hutcherson

We have to speak the truth always, at any cost, and no matter what. — Samael Aun Weor