Shuya Quotes & Sayings

Connecting is the key to Influence.
Influence is the key to Leading.
Leading is the key to Success! — John C. Maxwell

When people have too many choices, they make bad choices. — Thom Browne

Everything bad happens to set up something good. I've always found that to be true. I think if most folks look back on the history of their lives, they'll see that. — John Sharp

War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy. — Alva Myrdal

That was it. Shogo stopped breathing. The dim yellow light falling from the ceiling of the pilothouse shone on his pale face. He seemed at ease.
"Shogo!" Shuya yelled. He still had more to say. "You'll see Keiko! You'll be happy with her! You're
"
It was too late. Shogo couldn't hear anything anymore. But his face just looked so damned peaceful.
"Damn it." Shuya's lips trembled along with his words. "Damn it."
Holding Shogo's hands, Noriko was crying.
Shuya also put his hand on Shogo's thick hand. A thought occured to him. He searched through Shogo's pockets and found the red bird call. He pressed it into Shogo's right hand and closed his hands over it so he could hold it. Shuya then finally burst into tears. — Koushun Takami

Reason elevates our thoughts as high as the stars, and leads us through the vast space of this mighty fabric; yet it comes far short of the real extent of our corporeal being. — Samuel Johnson

Having pretty much burned every bridge he crossed, our friendship was like a malfunction of his usually deficient people skills. — Tammara Webber

We're still on the run. That's for sure.
Right on. This time we're on.
And we won't stop till we win. — Koushun Takami

Son, fear lives in the dark. Drag it into the light and you'll see there was never anything to be afraid of in the first place. You tell Em how you're feeling?" he asked, frowning. — R.J. Prescott

Through His resurrection He gave us the promise of eternal life. We are forgiven. We were and still are sinners, but we are forgiven! "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." John 8:36 (NKJV) — Cheryl Zelenka

Eli and Pigpen walk backward as a human shield as they fire, edging me toward my bike. — Katie McGarry

Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths. — Suzanne Curchod

I have attended weddings, with chipped nail paints.
I have worn same blue denim for days in a row.
I have not followed etiquette sometimes, I was too happy to bother.
I have picked up fights, ugly ones too.
I have been notorious because I stood up for myself.
I have flaws. I am flawed.
But I have come to realize,
It's okay to life a life others don't understand.
My life should be my LIBERATION,
Not anyone's REGULATION. — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Shogo looked at Shuya and Noriko. "The winner's forced to transfer to another school where he or she is ordered not to mention the game and is instructed instead to lead a normal life. That's all."
Shuya felt his chest well up inside and his face froze. He stared at Shogo and realized that Noriko was holding her breath.
Shogo said, "I was a student in Third Year Class C, Second District, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture." He added, "I survived the Program held in Hyogo Prefecture last year. — Koushun Takami

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

I wouldn't say I'm a very technical [guitar] player. I'm more intuitive - it's always more about chasing an abstraction. — Annie E. Clark

If you could see for yourself then there'd be no need to lend an ear to what others said. — Koushun Takami

I would like to be free of the part of me that dares too little and fears too much. — Sue Monk Kidd

That pain you feel," Master Blint said almost gently, "is the pain of abandoning a delusion. The delusion is meaning, Kylar. There is no higher purpose. There are no gods. No arbiters of right and wrong. I don't ask you to like reality. I only ask you to be strong enough to face it. There is nothing beyond this. There is only the perfection we attain by becoming weapons, as strong and merciless as a sword. There is no essential good in living. Life is nothing in itself. It's a place marker that proves who's winning, and we are the winners. We are always the winners. There is nothing by the winning. Even winning means nothing. We win because it's an insult to lose. The ends don't justify the means. The means don't justify the ends. There is no one to justify to. There is no justification. — Brent Weeks