Yanagishita Tomo Quotes & Sayings

No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown. People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of clowns was that, after watching them, anything else that happened seemed enjoyable — Terry Pratchett

You can curse the darkness or light a candle. The choice is yours. — Patrick Kane

He travels best that knows when to return. — Thomas Middleton

You have to separate the humanitarian impulse from the record of aid itself. We all want to help. Many people would say that it's the moral impulse of the rich to help the poor, but the record of aid has been terrible. — George Ayittey

I wouldn't have a career if it weren't for independent bookstores. — John Green

If we were to see the grandeur of our real selves, I suspect we would also see the necessity of living up to who we really are. And most of us are too lazy for that. Or else we are having too good a time enjoying our less than perfect lives to be bothered. (Claudia Martin) — Mary Balogh

Yes, ma'am. He figured the world was a sorry affair and that it had enough ugly things in it and what he was going to do was concentrate on putting something sweet in it. — Kate DiCamillo

It is more beautiful to trust in God. The beautiful in this world is all from his hand, declaring the perfection of taste; he is the author of all form; he clothes the lily, he colours the rose, he distils the dewdrop, he makes the music of nature; in a word, he organized us for this life, and imposed its conditions; and they are such guaranty to me that, trustful as a little child, I leave to him the organization of my Soul, and every arrangement for the life after death. I know he loves me. — Lew Wallace

Worry less about what the gods might do and more about what you can, — Joe Abercrombie

Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart — Norman Mailer

All over the world people are now sleeping in their beds, or perhaps they are engaged in some idiotic pastime; and one might easily believe that each in his own way is doing his best to deserve destruction. But that destruction will bring no freedom. — Czeslaw Milosz

The space where I write is in my head, I suppose. — Sara Sheridan