Nakajima Quotes & Sayings

I had the feeling that Nakajima was taking one aspect of me - the straightforward, easy-going part that emerged when I was with him, the cheerful surface that I had inherited from my mom - and blowing it all out of proportion. If so, he might feel terribly betrayed when my dark, somber side eventually showed its face. — Banana Yoshimoto

Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me. — Carrie Fisher

A different species a different set of values a world completely unlike your own. There is a feeling you can only get when you meet the unknown and open your mind. - Nakajima (Gin no Saji) — Hiromu Arakawa

Nakajima's presence didn't put any pressure on me, either. Quite the opposite: there was a warmth in the core of my chest when he was around. — Banana Yoshimoto

To hide and feel guilty would be the beginning of defeat — Milan Kundera

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others. — Stephen Covey

Zeal is more often checked after long years in the same service than when novelty gives a charm to our work. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

In my mind, when God made women, he did an amazing job. I think girls are just perfect. — Chris Martin

Just being with Nakajima made me feel as if we were detached from history, and had no particular age. — Banana Yoshimoto

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous. — Janis Joplin

I started to write an apology, but I don't have anything to say I'm sorry for, — Jennifer Lawrence

I'm always going to live in Texas. Texas is my home - it'll be my home forever. — Kelly Clarkson

The mellow bells, soaring and singing in tower and steeple, told of time's flight through an eternity of peace; and Great Tom, tolling his nightly hundred-and-one, called home only the rooks from off Christ Church Meadow. — Dorothy L. Sayers

The first love is the difficult love. — Raymond E. Feist

Nakajima's past would always be there, so the foundation could crumble at any moment. That's what happens, I realized, when people destroy other people. — Banana Yoshimoto

I mean it. When your light is out, Chihiro, I feel so alone I can hardly bear it."

Whenever Nakajima said my name, every single time, it sparkled like a treasure. I had no idea why. Wow - did you see how that flashed? Say it again for me, please!
Only I couldn't tell him that, so I simply replayed his voice, speaking my name, within me. — Banana Yoshimoto

The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was on a major label in some way, from the Cure to Radiohead to Bjork. — Win Butler

I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it. — Patrick Rothfuss

If we abuse our go-to person and overtask them, we have to be willing to accept attrition because an overworked employee will end up leaving. — Nicholas Ripplinger

Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend, What trusty treasure in the world can counterfail a friend? — Nicholas Grimald