Heian Quotes & Sayings

At times we just want to become selfish. — Avijeet Das

Arguments should be about understanding other people better, sharing ideas and finding mutually beneficial ways ahead. — Jonathan Herring

The feel of her skin as she struggled beneath, the life inside, the death without. The breaching of life and death, of survival uncaged inside him: a dark beast with violence and sex in its soul.
In his soul. — Mav Skye

Sometimes I talk to myself in languages I'm unfamiliar with ... just to screw with my subconscious. — Steven Wright

There is great value in being able to say "yes" when people ask if there is anything they can do. By letting people pick herbs or slice bread instead of bringing a salad, you make your kitchen a universe in which you can give completely and ask for help. The more environments with that atmospheric makeup we can find or create, the better. — Tamar Adler

Who ever thought that intimacy and spirituality [whatever that means] were freedoms? And if intimacy is, one would think Freedom of Intimacy is abridged rather than expanded by marriage. Ask the nearest hippie. — Antonin Scalia

The entrenched interests of the regional nobility prevented the proper functioning of a government built upon ethical practice. While high-minded scholars often called for reforms, their memoranda carried little weight with an idle aristocracy. — Joan Stanley-Baker

8. The Cat Who Lived in the Palace
The cat who lived in the Palace had been awarded the head-dress of nobility and was called Lady Myobu. — Sei Shonagon

Six months go by very quickly when you're a genius. — Robert Plant

I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received. — Lennart Meri

And despite being seventeen - Hattori Mariko knew her place in life. She would marry Minamoto Raiden. Her parents would have the prestige of a daughter in the Heian Castle. And Mariko would be the only one to know the stain on that honor. — Renee Ahdieh

Here's a slight edge action guaranteed to change your life: read just ten pages of a good book, a book aimed at improving your life, every day. — Jeff Olson

Life is loss. But out of that, as the book stresses, comes freedom. If we can accept that nothing is permanent, and change is inevitable, if we can adapt, then we're going to be happier people. — Louise Penny

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols. — Brian Wilson

No matter how small the gift, God gives the increase. — Catherine McAuley

A palm-leaf carriage should move slowly, or else it loses its dignity. — Sei Shonagon

I do wish men, when they're taking their leave from a lady at dawn, wouldn't insist on adjusting their clothes to a nicety, or fussily tying their lacquered cap securely into place. After all, who would laugh at a man or criticize him if they happened to catch sight of him on his way home from an assignation in fearful disarray, with his cloak or hunting costume all awry? — Sei Shonagon

I'm not involved with the female world. — John Lone

Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system. — Elon Musk