Tanuki Quotes

#1. Why," Tanuki grumbled, "would they fell trees but leave men standing? Trees are a damn sight more useful than people, and everything in the world knows that but people.

Tom Robbins

#2. It had been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute.

Tom Robbins

#3. If you desire the magical powers that led the 808 Tanuki, which are trapped in the old cave of Kumayama, say the words, Look into others' heart of hearts with your own heart to be destined to lead those who are not human.

Hiroshi Shiibashi

#4. The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.

Fisher Ames

#5. I will not feed again until I find her." Stubborn? Perhaps. But he'd made a decision from that first taste. He'd never feed from another. If he starved himself, so be it.

Kate Baxter

#6. All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

Cesare Pavese

#7. For me, sleep equaled death. How was closing your eyes and losing consciousness any different from death? What separated temporary loss of consciousness from permanent obliteration?

Lena Dunham

#8. Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.

John Henry Newman