Hirako Tokyo Quotes & Sayings

A poem is bound by language, but a poetics is not. — Joshua Cohen

The captain called for her in her suite as she was finishing her morning cup of spiced milk. He declined to sit while she drank. When he blinked at her dress and hid a brief smirk, Kestrel knew that she wouldn't like wherever they were going. When he didn't suggest that she change into something that wouldn't be so easily sullied, she knew that she didn't like him. — Marie Rutkoski

It was shaping up as a beautiful morning. The last thing I wanted to hear about was murder. — Jonathan Kellerman

As an advocate for kids for over twenty years, I have watched things change since I was in school. Thankfully, this book made me face what I intuitively knew was real but pretended wasn't: The youth of our culture have been deeply wounded by our collective neglect and adult-driven self-focus. Young people need adults to understand what they are going through and people to care about them without a personal agenda. This book was very helpful to me, and my attitude toward teens will never be the same. — Doug Fields

A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male. — Charles Caleb Colton

When a man falls in love, he wants to go to bed. When a woman falls in love, she wants to talk about it. — Mignon McLaughlin

Encouragement fuels great strength and great achievement. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A writer is always working with whatever she's managed to store in the brainpan or puzzle out about the world. — Anna Quindlen