Shizuka Hiratsuka Quotes

#1. I've never yet met a person who didn't want to be appreciated ...

Mary Kay Ash

#2. A month ago there was nothing on Earth I missed, enjoyed, or longed for. I knew I could lose everything and not feel anything, and I rested easy in that knowledge. But I'm growing tired of easy things.

Isaac Marion

#3. If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think.

Ben Shahn

#4. The real form of abuse is not a physical torture; it's mismanagement of purpose by misunderstanding God!

Israelmore Ayivor

#5. Even people who counted their blessings never counted them in the morning. For one thing, there wasn't time.

Lisa Scottoline

#6. Cell phones, alas, have pretty much ruined train travel, which I used to love. I could read or even sketch notes for what I was working on.

Thomas Mallon

#7. All over the world there must be far-reaching changes in animal behavior and habitat; if only one could have another life in which to chart it all ... Ah, well, that's not a fruitful thing to wish, is it?

Brian Aldiss

#8. A people's art is the genesis of their freedom.

Claudia Jones

#9. Are you a terrorist? Or just an idiot?

Wataru Watari

#10. She's not tsundere. She's just an unpleasant woman.

Wataru Watari

#11. Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.

George Washington