Oiran Quotes & Sayings

Mothers cry in anguish
and fathers curse in anger,
while others turn away in sadness,
all for the children who are lost. — Katlyn Charlesworth

I have written about love obsessively, forensically, and I know/knew it as the highest value. I loved God of course, in the early days, and God loved me. That was something. And I loved animals and nature. And poetry. People were the problem. How do you love another person? How do you trust another person to love you? — Jeanette Winterson

Let a slight snow come and cover the earth, and the tracks of men will show how little the woods and fields are frequented. — Henry David Thoreau

If you walked into your local convenience store and bought a package of cigars, you would notice that it carries a label warning of the potential dangers of cigar smoke. Yet research suggests that cigar smoking poses a hazard only to moderate to heavy cigar smokers, who comprise less than 1 percent of the adult population. More than 97 percent of American adults, however, eat animal foods, and despite much research demonstrating the connection between the consumption of animal products and disease, we are not warned of these dangers. — Melanie Joy

I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly. — A.R. Rahman

Always make your opponent think you know more than you really know. — Philip Sheridan

Anything that will enable us to express greater life, greater happiness, greater power
so long as it does not harm anyone
must be the Will of God for us. — Ernest Holmes

The Christian idea of 'putting on Christ' is the whole of Christianity. — C.S. Lewis

Darkwing Duck and Don Karnage are the most fun to do, because they're both probably the closest to me - I kinda improvise a lot of them, kinda ad lib. — Jim Cummings

Only through the hottest fires, whispers the radio, can purification be achieved. Only through the harshest tests can God's chosen rise. — Anthony Doerr

I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary about action movies, which is absolutely linked to the invention of cinema and what cinema is and why we love it. — Danny Boyle

If forced to travel on an airplane, try and get in the cabin with the Captain, so you can keep an eye on him and nudge him if he falls asleep or point out any mountains looming up ahead ... — Mike Harding