Hiraide Takashi Quotes & Sayings

Looking back on it now, I'd say one's thirties are a cruel age. At this point, I think of them as a time I whiled away unaware of the tide that can suddenly pull you out, beyond the shallows, into the sea of hardship, and even death. — Takashi Hiraide

What do I say to a whale, Galen?" I hiss.
"Tell him to come closer."
"No way."
"Fine. Tell him to back up."
I nod. "Right. Okay." I lace my fingers together to keep from wringing my hands raw. Even more than terror, I feel the insanity of the situation. I'm about to ask a fish the size of my house to make a U-turn. Because Galen, the man-fish behind me, doesn't speak humpback. "Uh, can you please back away from me?" I say. I sound polite, like I'm asking him to buy some Girl Scout cookies.
I feel better in the few moments afterward because Goliath doesn't move. It proves Galen doesn't know what he's talking about. It proves this whale can't understand me, that I'm not some Snow White of the ocean. Except that, Goliath does start to turn away.
I look back at Galen. "That's just a coincidence."
Galen sighs. "You're right. He probably mistook us for a relative or something. Tell him to do something else, Emma. — Anna Banks

Having played to her heart's content, Chibi would come inside and rest for a while. When she began to sleep on the sofa
like a talisman curled gently in the shape of a comma and dug up from a prehistoric archaeological site
a deep sense of happiness arrived, as if the house itself had dreamed this scene. — Takashi Hiraide

I'm a free-market economist from years and years back, and I've never veered from that. — Alan Greenspan

I would sooner become a spinster than spend a lifetime with a boring, unimaginative man. — Lynn Austin

Can we ever have too much of a good thing? — Miguel De Cervantes

Baseball is only dull to dull minds — Red Barber

Ladies be seated, and let's have a wonderful time! — Johnny Olson

Chibi is a friend with whom I share an understanding, and who just happens to have taken on the form of a cat — Takashi Hiraide

By late autumn the yard would grow thick with fallen leaves, causing the landlady to heave many deep sighs. — Takashi Hiraide

The noble-minded do not thrust others aside in order to make their way in the world. But then they themselves are ultimately thrust aside by the advancing tide. — Takashi Hiraide

There's a photographer who says cat lovers always believe their own cat is better looking than anyone else's. According to her, they've all got blinders on. — Takashi Hiraide

I reckon a good poem lasts a whole lot longer than a hundred of those people put together. — Sylvia Plath

He imagined fate as a goddess, capricious and fickle, or as a river, which could flood at any moment — Takashi Hiraide

I mean, there is a certain element that, when you read the bad press about yourself and post it on the web-site, takes the pressure off. — Brian Viglione

Breakups are tough," Isabella said. "But you got through it!" "I'm glad you're over him," Shannon said. "Now you need to go find another asshole to fuck with your head. — Jennifer Close

How long will you keep me?" I asked. You shrugged. "Forever, of course. — Lucy Christopher

The cat's manner of rejection was like cold, white light. — Takashi Hiraide

I wonder where it all comes from--this need to go to the place where the body has been laid to rest. It's the need to reconfirm how precious someone was and how irreplaceable, and the desire to reconnect with them on a different plane. — Takashi Hiraide

Then she told me about a philosopher who said that observation is at its core an expression of love which doesn't get caught up in sentiment. — Takashi Hiraide

Chibi was a jewel of a cat. — Takashi Hiraide

There are a few cat lovers among my close friends, and I have to admit that there have been moments when that look of excessive sweet affection oozing from around their eyes has left me feeling absolutely disgusted. Having devoted themselves to cats, body and soul, they seem at times utterly indifferent to shame. — Takashi Hiraide

My wife gazed back. Then she thought of how they would soon have to part, and all the conflicted feelings came rushing in. "After all, she isn't really ours... But maybe I wish she really were...". Chibi stared intently with her deep green eyes at the clear liquid flowing from my wife's eyes and rolling down her cheeks - these human things called tears. — Takashi Hiraide

The word "to grieve" or "lament" in Japanese is actually made up of two different kanji characters - "sadness" and "resentment. — Takashi Hiraide