Yoshihiko Aramaki Quotes & Sayings

The war on apathy moved much slower than real wars fought on the ground. — Orson Scott Card

So You Want to Know

All about her. Who
she
really is. (Was?) Why
she swerved off the
high road. Hard
left
to nowhere,
recklessly indifferent to
me.
Hunter Seth Haskins,
her firstborn
son. I've been
chocking
that down for
nineteen years.
Why did she go
on
her mindless way,
leaving me spinning
in a whirlwind of
her dust? — Ellen Hopkins

That's your problem! No list. We are going to fix that now. Make a list of what is important to you. Write down everything that really matters to you. — Larry Winget

Whether or not the President is sleeping well won't be a factor in his re-election. That will depend on what he does while he is awake. — Bob Schieffer

If the leadership can't win a debate, then we should show true leadership and implement the democratic will of our party. — Jeremy Corbyn

And then sometimes, rarely, in the middle of the night, he'd be sweet. Pulling me into his lap, kissing me, caressing me. Letting me fly but anchoring me with his eyes. Speaking words he'd never dare say in the light of day. — Laurelin Paige

Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later. — Gene Wolfe

The first thing I did when I made the decision to kill myself was to stop dieting. Let them dig a wider hole. — Gail Parent

This Time Dad You're Wrong

Well, I'm not just a fool; I sat alone for an hour and thought. I know I broke the rules, I knew it there on the spot; but what I did was alright, and I knew all along, in spite of the warning I got, 'cause this time, Dad you're wrong. I'll prove it to you, no, I'm not just a fool. I'm not just a fool, no, I'll prove it to you. Well, I can't tell you why, might not know why until after it's through, but at least I've got to try, and then you might understand too. But love is why I go back, like I knew all along, the fact is I even love you, 'cause this time, Dad you're wrong. I'll prove it to you, no, I'm not just a fool. I'm not just a fool, no, I'll prove it to you — Arthur Russell

That's the thing: You can change things. You can repair mistakes. You can restart your whole life if you have to.
But some things you never get back. Certain people. Certain moments in time when you don't know better than to shield your heart.
You don't see those moments coming, you don't know it when they're happening, but later, as the plainness of life begins to show itself, you realize how important they were. You understand who really changed you, who made you what you are. — Blake Nelson

Most magic wasn't even magic. It just was. — A. Lee Martinez

I know that I'm not my body, and I also know that you're not yours. — Janine Shepherd

I would never leave your side for a moment if it were possible. But it is not. It is not in the nature of life that we can be together in all things. — Terry Brooks

Eliza was my first name for two reasons. My dad was reading 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which features the maid Eliza in it, when I was born. Then there was Eliza Doolittle from 'My Fair Lady' and 'Pygmalion.' My mum always loved the name, and I got called Eliza Doolittle a lot, so it stuck, basically. — Eliza Doolittle