Lian Hearn Quotes

#1. I am what I am and what I have always been, a poor soul on a journey.

Lian Hearn

#2. It's what you do to yourself when you go mad with rage. You have no idea how much you can hurt yourself with your own strength.

Lian Hearn

#3. Don't you know the man whose life you spare will always hate you?

Lian Hearn

#4. I truly do believe that history teaches that weakness arouses evil, and whether it be the horrific attack in France, the inspired attacks here in the United States, the instability in Turkey that led to a coup.

Mike Pence

#5. How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?

Lian Hearn

#6. I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.

Lian Hearn

#7. The bonds between husband and wife spring from deep laws of destiny and should not be broken lightly.

Lian Hearn

#8. 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

#9. The world is always outside. And it is in the world that we must live.

Lian Hearn

#10. What does the blessing of heaven mean? We know the kirin is just an animal, not a mythical creature.
It has become a symbol now ... That is the way human beings deal with the world.

Lian Hearn

#11. Like young fern shoots
my child's fingers curled.
I did not expect,
in the fifth month, frost.

Lian Hearn

#12. Every time he thought he knew everything about her, had unwillingly memorized every last detail, something inside her flickered and changed, and he felt himself falling anew.

Julia Quinn

#13. The painter had achieved what we would all like to do: capture time and make it stand still

Lian Hearn

#14. Hile I was happy enough to pray to any god, knowing that they were simply different faces created by men, of one indivisible truth.

Lian Hearn

#15. The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.

Lian Hearn

#16. Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?

Agatha Christie

#17. In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There's just one can set you free.

Ben Harper

#18. The best way is to be strong enough to make your enemy think twice about attacking you, yet not so aggressive that he feels threatened. Keep your sword sheathed as long as you can, but once it is unsheathed, use it without hesitation.

Lian Hearn

#19. It's like a spell. It's so strong I can't fight it. Is love always like this?

Lian Hearn

#20. Your path is yours alone. And if it's the path less traveled, that's absolutely fine. The world doesn't need more conformists. The world needs more people who create and question and search.

Laird Hamilton

#21. She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance.

Lian Hearn

#22. I am not made for despair

Lian Hearn

#23. The dusk twilit leaves me tipsy.
Rain lashing down to trashed.
Moon sailing through dries up snooze.
He in spring holds the breath.
And raining petals a warm hug craved for.

Akshmala Sharma

#24. Shame, however, was what I felt seeping through me as though it stained my white bones black.

Lian Hearn

#25. I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me.

Lian Hearn

#26. You should never despise people because they haven't had your opportunities.

Lian Hearn

#27. Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells.

Lian Hearn

#28. When illusions are shattered by truth, talent is set free.

Lian Hearn

#29. I learned embroidery," Kaede said, "But you can't kill anyone with a needle."
"You can," Shizuka said offhandedly. "I'll show you one day.

Lian Hearn

#30. But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world that we have to live.

Lian Hearn

#31. There is no Hell, other than that which men make on earth.

Lian Hearn

#32. Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.

Douglas MacArthur

#33. They reminded me of the people of my village, their indomitable spirit in the face of disaster, their unshakable belief that no matter what might befall them, life was basically good and the world benign.

Lian Hearn