Jieitai Japan Quotes & Sayings

I could come back to America..to die..but never, never to live. — Henry James

I think this is something that is naturally built in in people, a need for attention and a need to be special and we are always trying to find a balance. — Celeste Ng

Great news for someone is always bad news for someone else — John Green

Too often, we try to extort from chosen others the fierce genetic loyalty we long for from our parents and feel for our kids. The fact is, even though our individual DNAs may conjoin to form a zygote and in due time a unique, freestanding being, we remain literally and existentially separate, our union perfect only apart from ourselves. — Autumn Stephens

Japanese people today think of money, just money: Where is our national spirit today? The Jieitai must be the soul of Japan. ... The nation has no spiritual foundation. That is why you don't agree with me. You will just be American mercenaries. There you are in your tiny world. You do nothing for Japan. ... I salute the Emperor. Long live the emperor! — Yukio Mishima

I want a church I can stay in for years. I don't want surprises, scandals, or secrets from my church leaders. — Ted Haggard

And Andy, gloomy and self-devouring, sat at his desk and chewed the cud of memory. — May Sarton

Just before reaching the station, he turned into a bar — Haruki Murakami

And then Mum spoons the coffee a little as if she's having fantasies of flinging it in Britt-Marie's face. But in a controlled way. — Fredrik Backman

San Francisco has always been a haven for misfits and weirdos. I'm both of those, which is why I came here. — Michael Franti

The message of guidance that neither politics nor philosophy nor religion now seems able to provide, we look for in modern literature. — Irving Howe

When she was taken from me it was like the death of a world, an infinite number of futures coming to an end. — John Connolly

What do you do when it seems as if people want to stay in their pain. They have a story to tell and they tell you every chance they get. Well, believe it or not, they may like where they are. Our job is to leave them there. You can point the way out of pain, but you cannot force them to get out. You can support the move beyond their limitations, but you cannot make the move for them. — Iyanla Vanzant