Strange Weather In Tokyo Quotes

#1. We knocked lightly on the door. A voice asked who we might be, for nobody will ever open in Italy until identity is declared. Security, even in the remotest villages, is at New York standards.

Tim Parks

#2. So, this is my government's agenda: educate your daughter and save your daughter.

Narendra Modi

#3. Almost everything can be construed as sexual harassment depending upon the way it is said. One general rule of thumb is to think of your female co-workers as you would your sister. Yes, she is a woman. No, she is not a sexual object. Yes, your parents probably like her more than they like you.

Linda Sunshine

#4. To love is surely to support and to encourage
but not necessarily to approve. Quite the contrary! If we love one another we will help one another fight against our evil dreams.

William Sloane Coffin

#5. If the love is true, then treat it the same way you would plant - feed it, protect it from the elements - you must do absolutely everything you can. But if it isn't true, then it's best to just let it wither on the vine.

Hiromi Kawakami

#6. Forcing myself to make conversation felt like standing on a cliff, peering over the edge, about to tumble down headfirst.

Hiromi Kawakami

#7. True ideas seem to suffer from repetition, while stupid ones tend to flourish.

James Rozoff

#8. It is all too common for caterpillars to become butterflies and then to maintain that in their youth they had been little butterflies. Maturation makes liars of us all.

George E. Vaillant

#9. Everyone causes trouble for someone at some point in their lives.

Hiromi Kawakami

#10. being in love makes people uncertain.

Hiromi Kawakami

#11. I remember vividly one distinct memory of arriving in Hong Kong and being the only blonde haired girl in this sea of international students, and thinking, 'Oh, my God. There's no hiding here.'

Adelaide Clemens

#12. even a cracked pot has a lid that fits.

Hiromi Kawakami

#13. A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on.

Ian Frazier