“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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“Life is the best thing that's ever been invented.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, quote from No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories
“I asked "What do you even do with a chimera?"
"What wouldn't you do with a chimera?" Jeff asked. "They're like the Swiss Army knife of animals.”
― Chloe Neill, quote from Biting Bad
“It takes no more research than a trip to almost any public library or college to show the incredibly lopsided coverage of slavery in the United States or in the Western Hemisphere, as compared to the meager writings on even larger number of Africans enslaved in the Islamic countries of the Middle East and North Africa, not to mention the vast numbers of Europeans also enslaved in centuries past in the Islamic world and within Europe itself. At least a million Europeans were enslaved by North African pirates alone from 1500 to 1800, and some Europeans slaves were still being sold on the auction blocks in the Egypt, years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed blacks in the United States.”
― Thomas Sowell, quote from Black Rednecks and White Liberals
“Pushing Elsie back, I said, “I’m not the most special guy in the world. I’m no one’s perfect dream. I’m not sure I’ll ever do anything extraordinary with my life. I’ll always be that little bit awkward, and that little bit too shy. I’ll always blush and dip my head, but if you’ll let me, I’ll be the one that’s there for you. I’ll be happy knowing I’ve got you and you’ve got me. That’s enough for me, to be the one that you can lean on, to be the one to tell you you’re beautiful every day. And talk to. I’ll adore every sound that comes out of your mouth. I’ll be the one to love you like nothing you’ve ever seen, bella mia.” I blushed with embarrassment, but managed to rasp, “If you’ll just let me… If you want me.”
Elsie sobbed out a cry, tears tumbling down her rosy cheeks. “Levi. You are my dream realized, in every possible way. You are the most special person in my world. And I love that you blush—because I do too.” She wiped at her cheeks. “I love that you’re shy, and,” her breathing hitched, “I love that you love my voice. I love that I never have hide who I am, disguise how I sound. Because I’m tired of trying to please others.” She dipped her eyes and almost flattened me when she said, “You’re my kind of extraordinary. Levi Carillo, you’re the sweetest of souls.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from Sweet Soul
“Whales are like elephants of the sea. They have family structures, mannerisms, and habits that are similar to our own.”
― Terri Irwin, quote from Steve & Me
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