Isuzu Sohma Quotes & Sayings

You can't mess around with young readers - you have to cut straight to the heart of the story. The character can be complex, the plot can have some surprises, but the emotions have to be clear. — Rodman Philbrick

The strength required for the vision of the most powerful reality is not only compatible with the most powerful strength for action, for monstrous action, for crime - it even presupposes it. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I write about race in America in hopes of undermining the notion of race in America. — Richard Rodriguez

I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe. — Lev Grossman

I don't understand. Why can't she just be like the other teachers? Why does she have to care? — Tabitha Suzuma

It's his duty. A good healer can't pick and choose. If he can help, then he must. — Helene Wecker

I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie. — Francesca Annis

From such a gentle thing,from such a fountain of all delight,my every pain is born ... — Michelangelo Buonarroti

We'll go." Her voice is surprisingly deep and forceful. Set in her sunken, shipwreck face, her eyes burn like two smoldering coals. "We'll fight. — Lauren Oliver

It's hard for me not to be extraordinarily cute. I had to fight it. — Zach Braff

It's going to be okay, Jacinda."
I angled my head. "So I won't be punished?"
"I convinced them that you wanted to return. I told them you're eager to fall back into pride life. That you'll behave yourself and be more compliant." His top lip curls faintly, and I remember what he told me in Chaparral when he found me, that he liked me because I was different from everyone else here. Now he wants me to be the same.
I inhale sharply through my nose. Compliant. Submissive. Meek. Biddable. Do I even have it in me?
"Compliant? Jacinda?" Az giggles, unaware of the tension. "They bought that? — Sophie Jordan