Masumi Nishijima Quotes & Sayings

The earth is grounding while the mountains, curvaceous and sweeping, offer a blanket of refuge. Their woods are abounding in camouflage as their leaves sway about in continuous, florid dance. There is an air of invulnerability that is exclusive to the woods, which is why she's most happy among them. She doesn't mind beasts as they are preferable to humans and much less threatening; beasts, you see, although dangerous, are incapable of the enmity that permeates beyond the shade of the woods. — Donna Lynn Hope

A person who's looking at a mountain far away doesn't notice the prettiness of a dandelion in front of them. A person who's looking at a dandelion in front of them doesn't see the beauty of a mountain far away. — Naoki Higashida

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. — Salvador Dali

There is a chasm between me and the world outside of me. A gap so wide my feelings can't cross it. By the time my screams reach the other side, they have dwindled into groans. — Isaac Marion

I was surrounded by friends, my work was immense, and pleasures were abundant. Life, now, was unfolding before me, constantly and visibly, like the flowers of summer that drop fanlike petals on eternal soil. Overall, I was happiest to be alone; for it was then I was most aware of what I possessed. Free to look out over the rooftops of the city. Happy to be alone in the company of friends, the company of lovers and strangers. Everything, I decided, in this life, was pure pleasure. — Roman Payne

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce. — Cesare Pavese

I consider myself a Chicagoan, and if anybody else does, that gratifies me. — Marv Levy

My choice", he'd whispered, taking her hand. "Mine. Not theirs. — Jennifer Donnelly

We are deeply conditioned against unconditionality because we've been told in a thousand different ways that accomplishment always precedes acceptance, that achievement always precedes approval. — Tullian Tchividjian

Everything popular is wrong. — Oscar Wilde

I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people. — Manolo Blahnik

I know ours is a world made by men for men, their dictatorship is so ancient it even extends to language. — Oriana Fallaci

An actual artist, living right under her nose. — Garth Risk Hallberg

I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know. — Claire Danes