Tetsuko Ho Quotes & Sayings

If our life is ever really as beautiful as a fairy tale, we shall have to remember that all the beauty of a fairy tale lies in this: that the prince has a wonder which just stops short of being fear. If he is afraid of the giant, there is an end of him; but also if he is not astonished at the giant, there is an end of the fairy tale. The whole point depends upon his being at once humble enough to wonder, and haughty enough to defy. — G.K. Chesterton

The story of Carol's transformation evoked complicated feelings in Rose. It appalled her, of course. The idea of an educated, metropolitan woman voluntarily casting off every vestige of modernity in order to make herself over as a medieval ghetto-dweller was unconscionable - but it also inspired a sneaking envy. By submitting to the restraints of Orthodoxy, Carol had not only performed an impressive act of self-denial - an act guaranteed to appeal to Rosa's ascetic sensibility - but also freed herself from the burden of trying to improvise her own moral code. These days, she always knew what the right thing to do was - or if she didn't, she knew a rabbi who did. Every aspect of her daily life was consonant with her convictions. — Zoe Heller

The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine. — Mignon McLaughlin

I'm sure of a few things in life ... no matter what you do, death will always catch up to you. You've got to work hard to pay for life, party harder to enjoy life, and love hardest to live life, and now, you. — Mia Asher

Women like to make up rules to befuddle you ... it's part of living in their world. Get used to it. — Lindsay Buroker

If we had strength and faith enough to trust ourselves entirely to God; and follow Him simply wherever He should lead us, we should have no need of any great effort of mind to reach perfection. — Francois Fenelon

I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down. — Mitch Hedberg

The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it. — David Lloyd George

If you bring forth what's inside you, what's inside you will strengthen you. If you don't bring forth what's inside you, what's inside you will destroy you. — Barbara Morgenroth

In India, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live for his countrymen, that beats everything else. He's a role model of selflessness. — Amit Bhatia

Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry. — Rick Warren

So are you saying that somebody went to all the trouble to make you a crypt a thousand years ago on the off chance that you might turn up one day, walk in, and have a convenient heart attack? — Garth Nix

You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively. — Anne Lamott

I always love that phrase, 'Oh, this is a good idea, but it's execution dependent.' As if anything in life is not execution dependent. Breathing is execution-dependent. — Ted Sarandos

The ear may be a more open organ than the eye when it comes to the pleasure of words. — Charles McNair