“I wondered if the Demon that whispered "Why not be free?" was Freedom itself.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Isn't it better to regret things you've done, than regret things you've never even tried?”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“When you're sincere about doing something, you're stalked by the fear that there's no turning back.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“The world is drowning in weirdness and lies......and here we are, so used to it that we're actually bored!”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“I'm not some pure heart chasing after dreams. I know how difficult it is to live an ordinary life, having to overlook each other's shortcomings.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“... back then the sky seemed so vast.
And now the sky above me... is low, and narrow, and heavy.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“We were like visitors to some strange planet.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“ the path your life is stuck on and be free
It's a dark whisper calling to me.
But I'm not brave enough to listen. I'm old enough to know I don't have any special talents. So no matter how depressing... I have to suck it up... And live the life I have.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Besides... I'm very old and I can't remember things too well anymore. When my letters come back to me, it makes me feel like my wife still remembers me.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Today is the first step of our new lives.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Nothing's going to change if you're just thinking about it. No matter how much you worry about someone else's problems.... you can't fix it for them.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Anyway, I think the two of you should be free to do whatever you want right now. When you're young, you think the only way to happiness is the hard road... but it's actually much simpler than that.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“My brand new sandals are a little stiff, and I think they'll give me blisters. But I love them, so I'll probably wear them out.
With cautious feet, we move forward. Today is the first step of our new lives.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“I bet even this little boy will grow up to be an adult before he realizes. He'll just become an adult like that. Whether he accepts it or resists until the end is a big fork in the path of life, I suppose.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Sepa que cuando soy amigo de un hombre lo soy para siempre, y es muy difícil hacerme volver atrás. Y aunque un hombre pueda gozar siendo mi enemigo, no puede convertirme a mí en el suyo mientras yo no quiera. Buenas tardes.”
― Matthew Pearl, quote from The Dante Club
“Cos'altro possono togliermi? Dovunque io vada mi porto dietro il mio inferno.”
― Sally Gardner, quote from I, Coriander
“Said he the fact of the matter is I am a rat charmer.
Thats very nice but do you want the flour or not I can't stand here all day discussing it.
I'll give you my two pennies said the old fellow and the benefit of my rat charming.
I have no rats.
Thats for me to know.
What do you mean by that you stinky old galoot do you think I do not know my own house and what is in it?
Never you mind what I mean my name is Kevin the Rat Charmer and that is a name you won't be forgetting in a hurry I will send a plague upon your shebeen.
Will you now?
I will begot and ye will be praying to the Virgin that you had relented of your penny.
And with that he turned away. If he had a swag it were hidden somewhere up the track for my mother never seen it and if he had baby rats riding in his pocket they was cleverly concealed for my mother detected nothing astir on his person. He were just a stinky old man in a woollen coat he went off down the muddy track to the creek then cut down in the direction of Winton. She never saw him again but he were correct that she would remember the name of Kevin the Rat Charmer for many a day.”
― Peter Carey, quote from True History of the Kelly Gang
“A good teacher teaches what he has been taught. A wise one teaches what he has learned.”
― quote from Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived
“You must not have played chess in a while. The king is the weakest piece in the game.” He gave Justin a level look. “The queen’s the strongest.” “What”
― Richelle Mead, quote from Gameboard of the Gods
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