Takeko Nakano Quotes & Sayings

But he would have us most of all remember to be enthusiastic over the night. Not only for the sense of wonder it alone has to offer but also because it needs our love. For with sad eyes its delectable creatures look up and beg us dumbly to ask them to follow. They are exiles who long for a future that lies in our power. — W. H. Auden

Reconstructing the past is rather like translating poetry. It can be done, but never exactly. — Norman Davies

Me? Books and cleverness? There are more important things in life. Friendship, and bravery, and Harry, just be careful. — Hermoine Granger

We do not what we ought; What we ought not, we do; And lean upon the thought That chance will bring us through; But our own acts, for good or ill, are mightier powers. — Matthew Arnold

Working with people on a field turns me on. — Graeme Souness

Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car. — Mary Wesley

Doubt is probably the biggest obstacle to overcome. Once you rise above doubt, you are on your way to success. — Theo Rossi

Maybe that's what love is: hoping that one day things will be better. — Joel Dicker

I was secretly convinced that with such a marvel one would be able to write anything, from novels to encyclopedias, and letters whose supernatural power would surpass any postal limitations
a letter written with that pen would reach the most remote corners of the world, even that unknowable place to which my father said my mother had gone and from where she would never return. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

In the eyes of a seer, every leaf of a tree is a page of the Holy Book and contains divine revelation ... — Hazrat Inayat Khan

God always smiles because of our little deeds done with a good heart, but to make the heart of God always beat for you, win and keep a soul for Him! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

It's not bravery if you don't feel fear, right? If you're not afraid, then you're not really forcing yourself to do something brave. — Liz Braswell

Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way. — Will Carleton

Woody Allen is in his '70s and he's making movies, so I look forward to getting there. — Brett Ratner