Josephine > Josephine's Quotes

“When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.”
― Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto, Vol. 21: Pursuit

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”
― Marlene Dietrich

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

“But he who dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.”
― Anne Bronte

“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
― Audre Lorde

“Who knows but that you will get up to find that the world has inverted itself yet again?”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“That is ridiculous," she said.
The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“Usually when I enter a bookstore, I feel immediately calm. Bookstores are, for me, what churches are for other people. My breath gets slower and deeper as I peruse the shelves. I believe that books contain messages I am meant to receive. I'm not normally superstitious, but I've even had books fall from shelves and land at my feet. Books are my missives from the universe. ”
― Laurie Horowitz, The Family Fortune

“Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal — as we are!”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Perfect Liberty follows no rules, law, or any virtue for that matter. It disregards respect, courteousness, and love.”
― Veronica Mist, The Seven - The Key of Credence

“She's strong! And scary...I bet she's single...I'd put money on it..”
― Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto, Vol. 18: Tsunade's Choice

“The pain of being alone is completely out of this world, isn't it? I don't know why, but I understand your feelings so much, it actually hurts. ”
― Masashi Kishimoto

“It’s foolish to fear what we’ve yet to see and know.”
― Masashi Kishimoto

“Now there's something I understand a little better. Hate, sadness, even joy. to be able to share it with another person...Naruto Uzumaki from fighting him i learned that. he knew pain like i did and then he taught me that you can change your path. I wish that one day i can be needed by someone. Not as a frightening weapon...But as the sand's Kazekage.”
― Masashi Kishimoto

“But you... You helped me find my way and take the correct path, Naruto... I always chased after you...wanting to catch up...wanting to walk together with you forever... I want to be at your side, always... You changed me, Naruto! Your smiling face saved me! And that's way I'm not afraid to die, defending you! Because... I love you...”
― Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto, Vol. 47: The Seal Destroyed

“When I look up to the sky between the narrow roofs, it reminds me of you, the one who is far, far away.”
― Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto, Vol. 23: Predicament

“People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That’s how they define Reality. But what does it mean to be “correct” or “true”? Merely vague concepts… Their Reality may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?”
― Masashi Kishimoto

“Give up trying to make me give up”
― Masashi Kishimoto

“For those who don't believe in themselves, hardwork is worthless." -Maito Gai (Naruto)”
― Masashi Kishimoto

“So that's it? Your just going to give up?! After everything that has happened, your not going to even try?! You still don't know..... what truly matters....”
― Masashi Kishimoto

“When did you throw yourselves away?”
― Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto, Band 11

“You're the enemy. I don't want to sympathize with you. So... So don't... Don't cry like that in front of me! Damn it...”
― Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto, Band 11

“And so they fought.
And so they laughed.
Friends.
And before they knew it,
They were inseparable.”
― Kishimoto Masashi

“If that is what this world is, what humans are... There is no future. Understanding and faith... If you take those away, all that's left is fear. I can't accept immoral methods or giving up.”
― Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto, Band 11