Takarakuji Quotes & Sayings

I never turned children to war," Tool said.
"Only because you fought on the side of wealth, — Paolo Bacigalupi

You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves. — Richard Masur

we smelled the blotter of lavender a second time. I was surprised to find that it had changed. Most materials do, Fauvel explained. Some burst into the nose immediately and leave just as fast, ones like lemon, like orange, like ginger. Those, she said, are called top notes. Middle notes, like geranium and rose, linger but not for the long term. Base notes like sandalwood or musk stick around a while. — Molly Birnbaum

Trees have feelings too, and no one ever says 'hi' to them. Next time you're outside and see a tree, say 'hello'. — Daniel Johns

I've never said, 'I live for art.' — Zubin Mehta

It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism. — Jacques Barzun

Reality is the raw material, language is the way I go in search of it - and the way I do not find it. But it is from searching and not finding that what I did not know was born, and which I instantly recognise. Language is my human effort. My destiny is to search and my destiny is to return empty-handed. But - I return with the unsayable. The unsayable can only be given to me through the failure of my language. Only when the construction fails, can I obtain what I could not achieve. — Clarice Lispector

If you believe that God makes miracles you have to wonder if Satan has a few up his sleeve. — Jeff Lindsay

I'd probably try to stop the rain forests from being cut down.
I'd probably join the revolution down south somewhere and try to save my life on the planet Earth.
I might go to Libya. I might go see the Ayatollah. I might go to France, catch somebody in France I'm upset with. — Charles Manson

God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us. — Brennan Manning

Sometimes, like a shaft of sunlight suddenly showing itself from an overcast sky, an insight that has waited behind the curtain for its moment on stage appears suddenly. Perhaps such insights, like crust on toast, egg white turning milky, are transformations of what is already there, brought out by the heat, or perhaps they simply appear from unknown places like swallows of spring. — Dennis Vickers

We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for things both wondrous and horrific. — Douglas Kennedy