“Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“Moartea vine pe neasteptate, iar viata e fragila si scurta. Nimeni nu poate sa schimbe asta, nici prin rugaciuni, nici prin vraji.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“Cuando cruzamos el puente examiné la inscripción de Shigeru me había leído en su día: "El clan Otori da la bienvenida a los justos y los leales. Que los injustos y los desleales sean precavidos". "Los injustos y desleales". Como yo. Desleal a Shigeru, quien me había legado sus tierras; tan injusto como los miembros de la tribu, injusto y cruel.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“It was as hot as ever, even the turn of the moon bringing no relief, and the cries of cicadas fell like showers around me.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“Nunca he matado a un hombre desarmado y nunca he asesinado por placer.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“El descubrira mi engaño y nunca más deseará verme.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“Mi padre no volverá a mirarme a la cara", pensó. "Apartará sus ojos de mí, incluso me estará dando muerte.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“Nunca antes había recordado aquel momento", pensó. "Y sin emitir sonido alguno murmuró, "¡Madre! ¡Madre!”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“Al igual que el río siempre está a la puerta, así está siempre el mundo de puertas afuera. Y es en ese mundo donde estamos obligados a vivir.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“Los perros ladran en la distancia y los gallos anunciaban la llegada del nuevo día.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
“Coloqué mi cuchillo junto al colchón y me introduje bajo la manta sin molestarme siquiera en quitarme la ropa.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Grass for His Pillow
Lian Hearn
Born place: in Potten End, Hertfordshire, The United Kingdom
Born date August 29, 1942
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“Yes: I was down there once, and for a good while afterward I could call up the sight of it in winter. But now it's all snowed under.”
― Edith Wharton, quote from Ethan Frome
“Josh isn’t in love with me and I’m not in love with him.”
“Sell it to someone who’s buying, Sunshine. Have you seen the way he looks at you?” I’ve seen the way he looks at me but I don’t know what it means. “Like you’re a seventeenth-century, hand-carved table in mint condition.”
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― Mary Doria Russell, quote from The Sparrow
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