Lian Quotes

#1. Elder Lian has lectured us many times on proper behavior between boys and
girls, darkly warning of how "dangerous feelings" can arise. I'm not that worried
about any feelings arising, though. They're already here, no matter how I try to
suppress them.

Richelle Mead

#2. If he hadn't been my father I would have loved the spectacle he created-one performance following quickly upon another-like a versatile old vaudevil-lian with his audience (wife and children) in the palm of his hand.

Maureen Howard

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

Lian Hearn

#4. Does that mean you're a thief too?'
'Yep.'
'What did you steal?'
For a moment, she thought he wasn't going to answer. Then he said, 'Myself.

Lian Tanner

#5. Don't try to push [fear] away,' he said. 'If you fight it, you make it stronger. You gotta great it politely, like an unwanted cousin. You can't make it leave you alone, but you can do what you have to do, in spite of it.

Lian Tanner

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

Lian Hearn

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

Lian Hearn

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

Lian Hearn

#9. 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

#10. Goldie closed her eyes and tried not to think about how she had nearly died, waiting for someone to come along and save her. She shivered. 'I'll never do that again,' she thought. 'Next time I'll save myself.

Lian Tanner

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

Lian Hearn

#12. When you are setting yourself up for success, above all put on love, because love never fails and with one-size-fits-all solution to every situation you will ever encounter.

Joo Lian Carter

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

Lian Hearn

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

Lian Hearn

#15. But there are some things, child, that you should steal. That you must steal, if you have enough love and courage in your heart. You must snatch freedom from the hands of the tyrant. You must spirit away innocent lives before they are destroyed. You must hide secret and sacred places.

Lian Tanner

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

Lian Hearn

#17. 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

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

Lian Hearn

#19. 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

#20. 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

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

Lian Hearn

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

Lian Hearn

#23. I am not made for despair

Lian Hearn

#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. There is no disgrace in learning," said Olga Ciavolga. "But caution is a good thing when you travel in the unknown.

Lian Tanner

#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

#34. 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