Lian Hearn > Quotes

“The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“I am not made for despair”
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“But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world that we have to live.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“When illusions are shattered by truth, talent is set free.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“It's like a spell. It's so strong I can't fight it. Is love always like this?”
― Lian Hearn, Brilliance of the Moon

“The painter had achieved what we would all like to do: capture time and make it stand still”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“It's what you do to yourself when you go mad with rage. You have no idea how much you can hurt yourself with your own strength.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“...What does the blessing of heaven mean? We know the kirin is just an animal, not a mythical creature."
It has become a symbol now.... That is the way human beings deal with the world.”
― Lian Hearn, The Harsh Cry of the Heron

“The best way is to be strong enough to make your enemy think twice about attacking you, yet not so aggressive that he feels threatened. Keep your sword sheathed as long as you can, but once it is unsheathed, use it without hesitation.”
― Lian Hearn, Heaven's Net Is Wide

“Don't you know the man whose life you spare will always hate you?”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“I learned embroidery," Kaede said, "But you can't kill anyone with a needle."

"You can," Shizuka said offhandedly. "I'll show you one day.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance.”
― Lian Hearn, Brilliance of the Moon

“..while I was happy enough to pray to any god, knowing that they were simply different faces created by men, of one indivisible truth.”
― Lian Hearn, Brilliance of the Moon

“I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me.”
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“I am what I am and what I have always been, a poor soul on a journey.”
― Lian Hearn, Emperor of the Eight Islands

“The world is always outside. And it is in the world that we must live.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“Apa yang dikatakan orang-orang bukanlah masalah, selama aku mempertahankan perilaku yang benar.”
― Lian Hearn, Heaven's Net Is Wide

“Shame, however, was what I felt seeping through me as though it stained my white bones black.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“There is no Hell, other than that which men make on earth.”
― Lian Hearn

“Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this, either by prayers or spells. Children cry about it, but men and women do not cry. They have to endure.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“You should never despise people because they haven’t had your opportunities.”
― Lian Hearn, Brilliance of the Moon

“Like young fern shoots
my child's fingers curled.
I did not expect,
in the fifth month, frost.”
― Lian Hearn, Heaven's Net Is Wide

“Kemarahan dan kesedihan sama-sama sulit dipikul”
― Lian Hearn, Heaven's Net Is Wide

“Why do women have to suffer this way? Why don’t we have the freedom men have?”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“Moartea vine pe neasteptate, iar viata e fragila si scurta. Nimeni nu poate sa schimbe asta, nici prin rugaciuni, nici prin vraji.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“O amor apaixonado não se extingue, transformando-se noutras paixões, ódio, ciúme, desilusão.”
― Lian Hearn

“But at that moment Revenge took me as a pupil. I recognized her at once and learned her lessons instantly. She was what I desired; she would save me from the feeling that I was a living ghost. In that split second I took her into my heart.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor