Rintaro Quotes & Sayings

If leaving is the right thing to do, then I'll hurt myself to keep from hurting you, to keep you safe. — Stephenie Meyer

Is Russian artillery," he says. "Mostly hits right target. Mostly. — Marko Kloos

The opinion of all lawyers, the unanimous cry of the nation, and the good of the state, are in themselves a law. — Voltaire

Don't hate anything, because that's exactly what you'll get — Jeannette Katzir

And occasionally a sweet chestnut. Miss Honey, wishing to change the subject for the moment, gave the names of all these to Matilda and taught her how to recognize them by the shape of their leaves and the pattern of the bark on their trunks. Matilda took all this — Roald Dahl

The Catholic Church then owed its popularity to the widespread popular skepticism which saw in the republic and in democracy the loss of all order, security, and political will. To many the hierarchic system of the Church seemed the only escape from chaos. Indeed, it was this, rather than any religious revivalism, which caused the clergy to be held in respect.39 As a matter of fact, the staunchest supporters of the Church at that period were the exponents of that so-called "cerebral" Catholicism, the "Catholics without faith," who were henceforth to dominate the entire monarchist and extreme nationalist movement. Without believing in their other-worldly basis, these "Catholics" clamored for more power to all authoritarian institutions. This, indeed, had been the line first laid down by Drumont and later endorsed by Maurras.40 — Hannah Arendt

After travelling a few miles, he fell asleep; and Emily, who had put two or three books into the carriage, on leaving La Vallee, had now the leisure for looking into them. She sought for one, in which Valancourt had been reading the day before, and hoped for the pleasure of re-tracing a page, over which the eyes of a beloved friend had lately passed, of dwelling on the passages, which he had admired, and of permitting them to speak to her in the language of his own mind, and to bring himself to her presence. — Eliza Parsons

Sleeping here is harder here in space than on a bed because the sleep position here is the same position throughout the day. You don't ever get that sense of gratifying relaxation here that you do on Earth after a long day at work. — Scott Kelly

Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile. While we do control our choice of action, we cannot control the consequences of our choices. — Stephen R. Covey

The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers. — Mahatma Gandhi

I'm a storyteller. Of all the things I've ever done, I'd like to be remembered as a storyteller. — Jim Korkis

If liberals didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all. — Burt Prelutsky

Have you ever been in love?" I ask, turning on my side to look at him. He stares up at the sky. Blinks a few times.
"Nope."
I roll back, disappointed.
"Oh."
"This is so depressing." Kenji says.
"Yeah"
"We suck."
"Yeah. — Tahereh Mafi

It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the ordinary masses of the people ... our African brothers and sisters. — Nelson Mandela