“As long as there is happiness, there will be sadness. As long as there is fortune, there will be misfortune.
“…What’s real is something that not even the strength of the Goddess can change. The only one who can change it is me. If I don’t change my destiny, if I don’t cut through the obstacles in my path, then no matter where I go, I’ll always be standing in the same place, doing the same thing over and over again, for the rest of my life.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Vesna Esta Holicia, until you shine again, into vision, into the real world. Though a child of man knows time, life itself is eternal.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Not all new knowledge is beautiful, or even to be desired. Yet there comes a time when, no matter how hard it is to accept what we see, no matter how much we do not want to believe it, our studies will cease and we will learn no more. Though the world may point and criticize, if the truth has been found, sometimes you must shout it from the rooftops in the face of all opposition. The pursuit of knowledge requires an iron will that always looks forward and never falters.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“your soul is dust to me. I will swallow you whole.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Don't confuse a kid whining for a treat with the argument of a rigorous, logical mind," he had said, as logical as ever.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“There's a point to all the mistakes, the comebacks, the rethinking, the living--the living for all you're worth. There's a point to finding our own path. Please, give the people of Vision a chance to find theirs.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Look at yourself. Hatred and anger, kindness and bravery. They are all yours, and rightly so. Accept this, face it straight on, then ask yourself what it means to change your destiny.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Your adventure is your own. No one may ever take it from you.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“We are but an ephemeral bubble drifting on the surface of an endless void. Yet I can think of no bubble more beautiful.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“No matter where I go, sadness follows. No matter how much time passes it won't go away. You get only one heart when you're born, and you can't turn it in or get it repaired. The only thing that fills it is more sadness. I'm surprised there's any room left in there at all.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Failure doesn't mean anyone did anything bad. Sometimes people fail even when they only do good things. Or they do what they think is good. Only with hindsight can anyone understand the failures they experience.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“What you don't know, boy, is that people have feelings that don't obey logic... Once you know true love, how could you settle for anything less?”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“There's a point to all the mistakes, the comebacks, the rethinking, the living—the living for all you're worth. There's a point to finding your own path.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Do not waste your life in vain, or take life in vain. Where there is faith, there is also kindness and forgiveness, and where there is forgiveness, there you will find true balance—the most coveted prize of all. It is easy to stray, misled by one's own greed, or by easy pleasure. Men are weak, and many step off the path never knowing it. It is nothing but a gentle lie to say that most will find heaven when they die. Traveler, by your faith, forgive those who stand in your way. Yet, if they should seek to betray truth, then wield justice to bring their journey to its rightful end.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“But, every once in a while, even the most normal of people act in ways that surprise themselves, doing things they might never have imagined themselves doing because they're excited, or they're obsessed, or they're in love.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“No matter how confused, how tired, or how sad, every night has its morning.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“The memory was so vivid that, like a fresh scab, he was sure he would start to bleed if he picked at it.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“And there would be more partings, more losses, more wounds, over and over, again and again. He could change his destiny a hundred times, and each time another loss or separation would be waiting for him on the other side. As long as there is happiness, there will be sadness. As long as there is fortune, there will be misfortune.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“For the very young to rail against their own bitter fate, they must draw upon all their strength and spirit. That is why they are so steadfast.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“So far away, the one I love.
What sky are you under tonight?
What wind will my song ride...
To carry my voice to you?
Tell me, winds,
Where he may be.
Tell me, winds,
What star he looks upon.
My ears are like two white seashells,
Listening for dawn to come.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“(W)e have spent many ages attempting to divine the principles that move our world. It goes without saying that the road ahead of us is still long, and there is more that we do not know than we do. Were you to compare our knowledge now to a spoonful of sugar, that which we do not know would be a field of sugar cane stretching as far as the eye can see... To obtain knowledge from that field, we must cut it and refine it. We must learn the most effective ways of harvesting and the methods of removing impurities. All this we must obtain as well as simply the knowledge we seek. That is what it means to study and learn.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Failure and disillusionment are realities, but ideologies are made of dreams. And dreams, it would seem, do not fade easily.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Love is the most important thing a person can know... If you should win love once, you'll know it is harder than death to let go.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
“Even now, years later, that day stood out in his memory like a shining piece of colored glass in a sea of mud.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Brave Story
Miyuki Miyabe
Born place: in Tokyo, Japan
Born date December 23, 1960
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“Ivypool backed away. She twisted and ducked under him as he leaped, but his claws sank into her tail and pinned her to the ground. Thistleclaw and Snowtuft attacked from opposite sides, snarling, slicing her ears. She struggled away from them, crashing into hard muscle. Hawkfrost was behind her now. He stabbed his claws into her shoulders. With a gasp, Ivypool saw his teeth flashing beside her throat. Then a black pelt flashed over the top of the gorse. Paws landed with a thump beside her.
"Get off her!" Hollyleaf yowled.
Ivypool's world spun as the black warrior slammed into Hawkfrost and sent him reeling into the gorse. Free from Hawkfrost's claws, Ivypool turned on Thistleclaw and Snowtuft. She began slashing with her front paws, remembering in a crystalline moment every moon of training. Hollyleaf reared up beside her, matching her blow for blow, as though she instinctively knew where Ivypool would strike next. Blood sprayed the forest floor as Ivypool sliced Snowtuft's muzzle and tore Thistleclaw's nose. Turning she kicked with hind legs and knocked Thistleclaw backward, then sank her teeth into Snowtuft's neck.
The white warrior screeched and ripped free from her jaws. Ivypool tasted his blood as he hared away through the bracken. She met Thistleclaw's gaze. Fear sparked in his eyes as she spat out a bloody clump of Snowtuft's fur.
"Run," she hissed. "Because if you stay, I will kill you".
Mouth open, Thistleclaw fled, disappearing through the gorse. A shriek exploded behind Ivypool. She turned and saw Hollyleaf swipe at Hawkfrost's muzzle. The force of the blow sent the Dark Forest warrior crashing away. He dropped with a thump and scrabbled to his paws. Blood dripping from his cheek, one eye swollen shut, he glanced at Hollyleaf and tore his way through the gorse.
Ivypool stared at the black she-cat. "You saved my life!"
Hollyleaf staggered and fell to the ground. "Hollyleaf!" Ivypool darted to her side and saw blood pulsing from a wound in her neck. Panic formed a hard lump in Ivypool's belly. Grasping Hollyleaf's scruff in her teeth, she began to half drag, half carry her Clanmate toward the ThunderClan border. Jayfeather would know what to do.
"I'll get you home," Ivypool growled through gritted teeth. "I promise I'll get you home".”
― Erin Hunter, quote from The Last Hope
“Sometimes you can’t choose what you love.”
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“If I'd been ten years old again I'd have stuck my tongue out at Caroline. At sixteen, I ought to be above such behavior.
I wasn't.”
― Alyxandra Harvey, quote from Haunting Violet
“I'm just a kid who would really love to no be dissected.”
― Matt Myklusch, quote from The Accidental Hero
“What we do and think in our own lives, then, becomes of extreme importance as it affects everything we’re connected to. The”
― Dalai Lama XIV, quote from The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
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