Isao Quotes & Sayings

It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt. — Stephen Chbosky

She ate like a polite wolf. — Elizabeth Kostova

He was a ship loaded down with a full cargo of emotion, riding low in the dark winter sea of death. Isao — Yukio Mishima

A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car. — Emile Genest

Blood and flowers were alike, Isao thought, in that both were quick to dry up, quick to change their substance. And precisely because of this, then, blood and flowers could go on living by taking on the substance of glory. Glory in all its form was inevitably something metallic. — Yukio Mishima

Always keep love in your heart. — Oscar Wilde

I would urge everyone to start looking at the world in a different way. Spend some time looking at everyday objects, at their design, their shape, their individual characteristics. Think ahead and imagine their significance. — Martin Parr

The whole point of loyalty was not to change: stick with those who stuck with you. — Larry McMurtry

I began seriously concentrating on music study after I entered senior high school. I went to a class in the arts section at the YMCA and learned music theory and composition. Today, there are many classes like this available, but this was not so much the case in those days. — Isao Tomita

Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born. — Matthew Prior

The only lost in life is death. — Lailah Gifty Akita

He wouldn't miss the planet, but he would miss the people. Just like always. — James S.A. Corey

Away with the one who is always seeking, for he never finds anything; for he is seeking where nothing can be found. Away with the one who is always knocking, for he knocks where there is no one to open; away with the one who is always asking, for he asks of one who does not hear. — Tertullian

(on Judy Garland) She was a friend of mine, a trying friend, but a friend. That is what I tell myself: She did everything she ever wanted to do. She never really denied herself anything for me. See, I say, she had a wonderful life; she did what she wanted to do. And I have no right to change her fulfillment into my misery. I'm on my own broom now. — Liza Minnelli

Human beings, Isao realized, could descend to communicating their feelings like dogs barking in the distance on a cold night. — Yukio Mishima

I don't care about [being a star]. The most important thing for me now is just do my job. — Ilya Kovalchuk

Art is art when it is appreciated by someone. — Isao Tomita