Sorachi Sensei Quotes & Sayings

Pierre did not go to the army, but remained in deserted Moscow, still in the same anxiety, irresolution, in the fear and at the same time the joy of awaiting something terrible. — Leo Tolstoy

Hearts can physically shatter
Ask me
I'll tell you — Kim Holden

Nor all America can claim him now: Forevermore he is Mankind's and God's. — Bill Vaughan

What were the living dead, Wolgast thought, but a metaphor for the misbegotten march of middle age? — Justin Cronin

Short or long to Goblin City?
The straight way's short
But the long way's pretty ... — Terry Jones

Romance novels are tales of brave women taming dangerous men. They are stories that capture the excitement of that most mysterious of relationships, the one between a woman and a man. They are legends told to women by other women, and they are as powerful and as endlessly fascinating to women as the legends that lie at the heart of all the other genres. — Jayne Ann Krentz

We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain ... and yet the US of A still hasn't had a women president. It's just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress ... — Billie Jean King

A friend of mine urged me to see my pain as an opportunity. And since the same psychic that contacted Dion Fortune had told me that I was a "teacher" - she didn't mean at Columbia, she meant in the spiritual sense - I decided my affliction was the universe telling me that it was time to stop writing fiction and become the spiritual guru I was clearly meant to be. — Heidi Julavits

IP awareness and IP action are two different things, one does not always influence the other. — Kalyan C. Kankanala

I have a conflicted view on beer styles. As historical artifacts, they're endlessly fascinating to study. And I think that they generally represent confluences -- and compromises -- of technology, agriculture, cuisine, and geology that make the most of what a region has to offer. That means existing styles are usually quite wonderful to drink, and I'm all for that. — Randy Mosher

What once made you safe now drives you insane. — Ruby Wax

In 1961, before the container was in international use, ocean freight costs alone accounted for 12 percent of the value of U.S. exports and 10 percent of the value of U.S. imports. — Marc Levinson

Know inside yourself that you're strong. It's the only weapon that matters, and no one can teach that to you. — Jean Brashear