Kuroyanagi Tetsuko Quotes & Sayings

Everything can be temporary, except us. — Kathryn Grayson

If you do not believe yourself no one else will. — Sheryl Swoopes

Drying her eyes, Mother said to Totto-chan very slowly, You're Japanese and Masao-chan comes from a country called Korea. But he's a child, just like you. So, Totto-chan, dear, don't ever think of people as different. Don't think, 'That person's a Japanese, or this person's a Korean.' Be nice to Masao-chan. It's so sad that some people think other people aren't nice just because they're Koreans. — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Don't reject something just because it seems strange. It's comfort that will kill you in the end. — Simon Morden

Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire. These are the things to fear, said the headmaster. — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

When memory fails to contain us we must love the past more than ever, to hold it to us - or else the present becomes a meaningless blaze of color and sound, in which no two humans, great elongate beings, will be able to do more than touch at their very lips, their spatial selves - no one will ever truly understand another. To love the past is to become fully human. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Totto-chan regretted it with all her heart. Yes, that was it. What on earth made her beat the boy she liked so much? She Sharpened his pencils every day! But it was too late. She could never be his bride now.
"I'm going to go on sharpening his pencils all the same," Totto-chan decided. "After all, I love him. — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

He wanted to teach the children that all bodies are beautiful. — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

But there's no doubt that children have an innate sense of humor. No matter how young they are, they always know when something's really funny. — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

If you witness (the problems in the world), your outlook on life will change. You will understand how fortunate and well-off you are, ( ... ). You will understand that you are so safe from the risk of air raids and landmines. — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Hanging out with you has made me weird, J. All I do is sit around thinking about my feelings these days. Thanks for that. — Tahereh Mafi

They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day. — Johnny Vegas

Children could be taught to hear and feel music in their minds rather than just with their ears; how to make them feel music as a thing of movement rather than a dull, lifeless subject; how to awaken a child's sensitivity. — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

The creative individual is particularly gifted in seeing the gap between what is and what could be. — John W. Gardner

But the sweet face of Lucy Gray
Will never more be seen.
The storm came on before its time:
She wandered up and down;
And many a hill did Lucy climb:
But never reached the town. — William Wordsworth

I don't practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation. — Simon Callow

The finest steel must go through the hottest fire. — Richard M. Nixon

If you want to give it a good go, you've got to make some sacrifices and be as dedicated as you can be. Particularly with 'Doctor Who.' It's two or three hours of line-learning a night. — Matt Smith

Loki was hurling fire runes and holding a running commentary on her battle, to which no one but him was listening to.
'And Thor gets in behind Frey and - WHAM! BOOM! That's got to hurt. And Loki SCORES! This boy's on FIRE! — Joanne Harris