“ This may seem labouring the obvious, but in Japan one meets intelligent people who claim that ‘logic’ is something invented in the West to allow Westerners to win discussions. Indeed, the belief is wi… Karel Van Wolferen
“ If the love is true, it will wait until the dream becomes a reality. True love also gives strength to a dream. Lorraine Koh
“ Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with people coming and going—people with places to go and people with no place to go; people with a purpose and people with no purpose;… Haruki Murakami
“ There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls’ underwear shouldn’t be one of them. Rin Chupeco
“ Mothers cry in anguishand fathers curse in anger,while others turn away in sadness,all for the children who are lost. Katlyn Charlesworth
“ Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though - might I say? - the sun itself had crashed to earth, spewing its heavenly fire… Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
“ Chained inside the carriage is a sinful woman. When we set the carriage afire, her flesh will be roasted, her bones will be charred: she will die an agonizing death. Never again will you have such a p… Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
“ The pale whiteness of her upturned face as she choked on the smoke; the tangled length of her hair as she tried to shake the flames from it; the beauty of her cherry-blossom robe as it burst into flam… Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
“ I could have sworn that the man's eyes were no longer watching his daughter dying in agony, that instead the gorgeous colors of flames and the sight of a woman suffering in them were giving him joy be… Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
“ Of course, my Christmas is (so much more) gorgeous and romantic (than Germany's)!! And unlike the rest of the world, we leave wine behind for Santa Claus!""So Santa-san is delivering gifts to children… Hidekaz Himaruya
“ I thought I should make a place to bring light down into this world. All things that become realities start in that place of someone imagining them. Andy Couturier
“ What art should do, I think, is advance the generation into the next era. It should be one step ahead of the ordinary, ahead of what is already known. Art is what pulls on the next age. I’m not saying… Andy Couturier
“ They have taken the idea of nonharming, of gentleness toward the earth, to a very radical level. Even the weeds are not enemies. Andy Couturier
“ Why is it that so many people start to value money so much that they trade in most of the hours and years of their life in order to get it? Andy Couturier
“ I finally understood that I couldn’t avoid working to provide for myself, but that can also be a wonderfulthing, a beautiful thing. Andy Couturier
“ I think all people want freedom, but they've got this idea inserted into their head about money. Andy Couturier
