Top 44 Tsukiyama Quotes
#1. We live a short enough time on this earth. A man should do what he loves.
Gail Tsukiyama
#3. Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? It's through the hardships you endure that you'll gain real strength.
Gail Tsukiyama
#4. The eyes mirror the heart of a person. An entire life can be seen through them. Love, sorrow, deceit, pain. If you look closely, it's all there.
Gail Tsukiyama
#5. Sometimes the house is so quiet I feel like the only noise that fills my mind is what I've created myself. Remembered conversations come back to me as if my friends and family were right here in the room.
Gail Tsukiyama
#6. It takes the same amount of energy to worry about the worst thing that can happen as it does to hope for the best. It's up to you to choose.
Gail Tsukiyama
#7. Sometimes you can't let go of the past without facing it again.
Gail Tsukiyama
#8. The garden is a world filled with secrets. Slowly, I see more each day. The black pines twist and turn to form graceful shapes, while the moss is a carpet of green that invites you to sit by the pond. Even the stone lanterns, which dimly light the way at night, allow you to see only so much.
Gail Tsukiyama
#9. It's harder than I imagined, to be alone. I suppose I might get used to it, like an empty canvas
you slowly begin to fill.
Gail Tsukiyama
#10. Nothing ever stands still, and neither should you.
Gail Tsukiyama
#11. Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what you've achieved.
Gail Tsukiyama
#12. Something this rare... Nobody can have him but me...
Sui Ishida
#13. Just remember that life is made up of change. We can't run away from it.
Gail Tsukiyama
#14. You don't need to blame yourself just because you've hurt someone, just like when you're walking you can't really blame yourself to crush some ants... that's what being stronger ones means.
Sui Ishida
#15. I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.
Gail Tsukiyama
#16. Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.
Gail Tsukiyama
#18. It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose.
Gail Tsukiyama
#19. Nothing ever stands still," she told them. "And neither should you.
Gail Tsukiyama
#20. Life is not just from within, it extends all around you, whether you wish it to or not.
Gail Tsukiyama
#21. During the day, if I don't have any other commitments, I'm usually at my desk writing, revising, or researching anywhere from four to six hours.
Gail Tsukiyama
#22. But how will I know it's my destiny?'
'Like love it will possess you ... You can't help but know.
Gail Tsukiyama
#23. I'm not going to protect you by being your shield or armor, but I'll be the dagger hidden below your pillow.
Sui Ishida
#25. Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.
Gail Tsukiyama
#26. He seemed to have a story no one had bothered to discover
Gail Tsukiyama
#27. Sometimes I felt like I would go insane not having the answers to such simple questions. Of course, it was always hardest during the night, then the darkness stole away any signs of hope.
Gail Tsukiyama
#28. When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.
Gail Tsukiyama
#29. Every so often I was overwhelmed by a phantom pain that cut through me like a knife. I was certain that if I looked down I would find blood all over, like the knife I once held in my hands, but it was all in my mind.
Gail Tsukiyama
#30. We can't run away from what defines our fates. Who we are and what we believe in grow from the roots of our past, no matter how much we might try to deny it.
Gail Tsukiyama
#31. In the end, it doesn't matter what words are said or unsaid ... Life's mistakes are made whether you can see them or not. What counts is how we learn to live with them.
Gail Tsukiyama
#33. Wei cleared his throat and said, "Have you heard the saying 'The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher'? It seems I've been the pitcher most of my life. I've forgotten how to be fluid. It feels as if I'm finally learning now," he said.
Gail Tsukiyama
#35. We're stepping into a new world, and an entire way of thinking must be changed. But the old ideas can't be easily discarded. Like a pendulum, new ways must swing to the other side before returning.
Gail Tsukiyama
#37. To read and write will help you understand life ... to sew and mend will help you survive it.
Gail Tsukiyama
#38. When you're young, you can excuse many things, hoping they will strengthen with time.
Gail Tsukiyama
#39. To have strength without knowing how to use it means nothing.
Gail Tsukiyama
#40. To be noble, ... was to account for the life you lived, to always account for your mistakes, and to have dignity and worth.
Gail Tsukiyama
#41. Sometimes things don't work out as they're planned, and there have to be sacrifices in order to make things better again.
Gail Tsukiyama
#42. Just remember, Every day of your lives, you must always be sure what you're fighting for.
Gail Tsukiyama
#43. Don't ever think that just because you do things differently, you're wrong.
Gail Tsukiyama
#44. Don't you think every face tells its own story? Like a book? More like a poem. If you study it long enough, you'll soon find its meaning.
Gail Tsukiyama
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