Shiro Iori Quotes & Sayings

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. — Elaine Dundy

The initiate, a boy of no more than twelve, was wailing and a group of older boys were holding him down on a log while a few men cut into him, making hundreds of small slits on his back and shoulders. They dropped a citrus mixture into each wound so that the skin would puff up and the scars would be raised and textured to look like crocodile skin. His blood had soaked the log in dark striations. When they were done they painted him with oil and turmeric and smeared him with white clay and carried him off weeping and half conscious into seclusion until he healed. Fen and I walked down to the beach. I'd seen dozens — Lily King

We took the position we wanted our people to be better than minimum wage, so we're going to pay better than minimum wage, and we still do that. — Kenneth Langone

She was so pliable. He could do anything with her, arrange her as he pleased, and she would say yes. Not just yes. Oh yes! — Margaret Atwood

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway. — Simeon Strunsky

My view on writers? We all have the same shovels, but never dig in the same places or to the exact same depth — Carl Henegan

All cats are gray in the dark. — Benjamin Franklin

The notion that we are children of God, his own sons and daughters, lies at the heart of all Christian theology, and is the mainspring of all Christian living. — Sinclair B. Ferguson

Purify your heart. Cleanse it. Make it a wake-up routine. Your environment may be harsh, difficult and tumultuous but if you work on your heart, you can be calm amidst all those challenges. — Rita Zahara