Hijikata Quotes & Sayings

What child didn't wish to know if his bedtime stories were the stuff of fiction or of truth? — V.E Schwab

Don't ruin a good opportunity fixating on a bad one. — Matshona Dhliwayo

When I started knocking on Highland doors in May 1983, two things struck me more than any other. First was the sheer depth of hostility towards the Tories in general. Second was the particular hostility towards Margaret Thatcher and her local ministerial spear-carrier, energy minister and incumbent MP of 13 years' standing, Hamish Gray. — Charles Kennedy

The question is always the same with a dragon: will he talk with you or will he eat you? — Ursula K. Le Guin

There are as many types of Butoh as there are Butoh choreographers. — Tatsumi Hijikata

Western dance begins with its feet firmly planted on the ground whereas Butoh begins with a dance wherein the dancer tries in vain to find his feet — Tatsumi Hijikata

When one considers the body in relation to dance, it is then that one truly realizes what suffering is: it is a part of our lives. No matter how much we search for it from the outside there is no way we can find it without delving into ourselves. — Tatsumi Hijikata

The dance of darkness must spout blood into the air, in the name of the experience of evil — Tatsumi Hijikata

I'd rather protect a living, breathing person I can touch than some shogun above the clouds I'll never see. — Hijikata Toshizo

I don't think the trial practice is dead. But it is very ill. There are some days you could throw a hand grenade down the hall of the Harris County Courthouse and not hit anybody. — Joe Jamail

Even your own arms, deep inside your body feel foriegn to you, feel that they do not belong to you. Here lies an important secret. Butoh's radical essence is hidden here. — Tatsumi Hijikata

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely love input from my directors and my writers. I know that there's some actors who like to be left alone, they like to be very independent, but I actually really enjoy the teamwork. — Summer Glau

Winter looked at Leven. Leven looked right back at her. Winter's cheeks burned red and her green eyes outshone Leven's. The two of them stared at one another and then, as if they were destined to, thay began to lean into one another, Leven closed his eyes.
"What are you doing?" Geth asked concerned.
Winter closed his eyes too and leaned close. Both of them looked panicked and out of control, but it didn't stop them from moving closer and kissing each other.
Clover's jaw dropped and he pulled something out of his void just so he could let go of it in shock. — Obert Skye

All right,' he heard Lazar say.
He'd forgotten Lazar was there. After a long moment, he took his eyes off Laurent and looked back at Lazar, who was gazing at him with a rather dry but understanding smile quirking the side of his mouth.
'All right what?' said Damen.
'All right, you're not fucking him,' said Lazar. — C.S. Pacat

So this is how it ends, she thought, when the call was over, and she was soothed by the banality of it. — Emily St. John Mandel