Jinichi Kawakami Quotes & Sayings

That was progress, right there. Except no one would ever know how hard I was working to keep my temper under control, because the whole point of keeping your temper under control is not doing things like throwing a milk carton in someone's face even though they clearly deserve it. — Cat Clarke

I shiver and Tom wakes. It's light enough to see his eyes open.
"Are you cold?" he says. "Baby, are you cold?"
He turns so that his arms are around me again. Baby, are cold?-and the ball of hurt inside me swells. — Alison McGhee

The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought. — Muhammad Iqbal

Things hurt, and don't hurt, and hurt again. — Jodi Lynn Anderson

If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian [Epstein]. — Paul McCartney

Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible! — Zig Ziglar

It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact. — David Duchovny

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it.
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves. — Gautama Buddha

What is my strength? Do I even have a strength? Maybe I have too many strengths, and that's why I can't think of just one. — Wendy Mass

Telling me I'm pretty is nice and all, but if you really want to make my day, tell me I inspired you to read a book. Say you picked up a novel I've raved about and that you fell in love with it, too. Or tell me the time we spent reading aloud together was one of your favorite moments. Ask me to read to you, and beg for another chapter. This will fill me with indescribable joy and purpose.
And if you really want to make me speechless with wonder, tell me it was MY words and MY story you enjoyed. Tell me you shed tears over the things my characters went through, and that you're just a little bit in love with them, too. I might never recover. I will carry those words around in my heart for the rest of my life, like a talisman against all past and future criticisms.
That's how important stories are to me. — J.M. Richards