Lian Hearn > Quotes

“I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“...What does the blessing of heaven mean? We know the kirin is just an animal, not a mythical creature."
It has become a symbol now.... That is the way human beings deal with the world.”
― Lian Hearn, The Harsh Cry of the Heron: The Last Tale of the Otori

“I am not made for despair”
― Lian Hearn

“It's like a spell. It's so strong I can't fight it. Is love always like this?”
― Lian Hearn, Brilliance of the Moon

“How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“Apa yang dikatakan orang-orang bukanlah masalah, selama aku mempertahankan perilaku yang benar.”
― Lian Hearn, Heaven's Net is Wide

“She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance.”
― Lian Hearn, Brilliance of the Moon

“..while I was happy enough to pray to any god, knowing that they were simply different faces created by men, of one indivisible truth.”
― Lian Hearn, Brilliance of the Moon

“It's what you do to yourself when you go mad with rage. You have no idea how much you can hurt yourself with your own strength.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“When illusions are shattered by truth, talent is set free.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“Shame, however, was what I felt seeping through me as though it stained my white bones black.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world that we have to live.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“Don't you know the man whose life you spare will always hate you?”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“Kemarahan dan kesedihan sama-sama sulit dipikul”
― Lian Hearn, Heaven's Net is Wide

“They reminded me of the people of my village, their indomitable spirit in the face of disaster, their unshakable belief that no matter what might befall them, life was basically good and the world benign.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“The painter had achieved what we would all like to do: capture time and make it stand still”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor