Kawabata Novels Quotes & Sayings

Once people begin to roll their eyes and gently tell you that you're crazy, laugh with gratification. When you're a scientist, it means that you're doing it right. — Hope Jahren

After moving to New York, I started to love vintage shopping. — Mark Indelicato

Losing it in the backseat with a can of beer and a blunt, virginity is of no value. I never celebrated my time before chocolate either. — Komrade Komura

Until the fear of separation is faced there can be only a life of illusion, where nothing real can exist. Until this happens there can be no knowing the stillness of peace, which is to change, in the very near future, for all humanity. The illusion of separateness can not continue to exist. — Donna Guillemette

Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question. — Ryan Phillippe

I rather like the smell of absurdity in the morning. — Tom Robbins

Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely. — Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business.
The day you die. — Yasunari Kawabata

Sometimes you have to play like it's a little bit warmer, which is hard when you can't feel your face. You just try and do the best you can and make sure that you become really good friends with wardrobe, so that they give you all sorts of hand warmers and body warmers. — Colin Hanks

A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line. — Robert Henri

Mr. Claus
c/o North Pole

Dear Joe... — Charles M. Schulz

Didn't you just turn eighteen, Jen?" Vasile asked her.
Jen looked a little confused at his choice of response. "Umm, yes. I believe that loud racket you heard a couple of weeks ago was Sally and Jacque's idea of a birthday party. What does that have to do with me leaving?"
"If you are eighteen, Jen, you are an adult. I can't make you stay here. If you want to leave, if you really think that is the best thing for you, then you can go. I will allow you to use the pack plane to get back to the U.S. if that is truly what you want," Vasile explained.
Jen cocked her head to the side, eyes narrowed at the Alpha sitting calmly in front of her. "Just like that? No trying to convince me to stay, or telling me not to give up, or yada yada yada bull crap?"
"No 'yada yada yada bull crap'," he agreed.
"Huh, okay then. — Quinn Loftis

The deepest cavern in the world is the human heart. — Laird Barron