Kawanaka Shoyu Quotes & Sayings

It's the ephemeral nature of things that makes them wonderful. — Yoshida Kenko

It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise, and sometimes very narrowly. — H.L. Mencken

I let the front door slam shut behind me and the fly screen rattle. It was as if each door was kicking me out of the old life I'd lived in that house. I was being thrown out into the world, new. The broken, leaning gate creaked open, let me out, and I gently placed it shut. I was gone, and from down the street, maybe fifty yards away, I looked back for a second at the house where I lived. It wasn't the same any more. It never would be. I kept walking. — Markus Zusak

Survival...could only be a social achievement, not an individual accident. — Eugene Weinstock

A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. — Ben Bernanke

People who live in private spaces contribute actively to the dilution and corrosion of the public space. In other words, they exacerbate the circumstances which drove them to retreat in the first place. — Tony Judt

When I go to peoples' houses I like to sneak into their bedrooms and try on their underwear. — Tom Clancy