Grass for His Pillow Quotes

“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

“Moartea vine pe neasteptate, iar viata e fragila si scurta. Nimeni nu poate sa schimbe asta, nici prin rugaciuni, nici prin vraji.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“She will learn not to let her feelings show, to accept that life is made up of suffering and loss, to cry in private if she cries at all.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“The Kikuta, being more ruthless, were supposed to be more skilled at assassination than the Muto, who were traditionally the most effective spies. These two families were the aristocracy of the Tribe; the other three, Kuroda, Kudo, and Imai, worked at more menial and humdrum tasks, being servants, petty thieves, informants, and so on.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“Your lands will stretch from sea to sea,’ she said finally. ‘But peace comes at the price of bloodshed. Five battles will buy you peace, four to win and one to lose. Many must die but you yourself are safe from death, except at the hands of your own son.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“La vida parece más bella y efímera que nunca, pues se puede perder en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“old face,”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow: Book 2 Tales of the Otori

“Al igual que el río siempre está a la puerta, así está siempre el mundo de puertas afuera. Y es en ese mundo donde estamos obligados a vivir.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“Cuando cruzamos el puente examiné la inscripción de Shigeru me había leído en su día: "El clan Otori da la bienvenida a los justos y los leales. Que los injustos y los desleales sean precavidos". "Los injustos y desleales". Como yo. Desleal a Shigeru, quien me había legado sus tierras; tan injusto como los miembros de la tribu, injusto y cruel.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“Nunca he matado a un hombre desarmado y nunca he asesinado por placer.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“Nunca antes había recordado aquel momento", pensó. "Y sin emitir sonido alguno murmuró, "¡Madre! ¡Madre!”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“Mi padre no volverá a mirarme a la cara", pensó. "Apartará sus ojos de mí, incluso me estará dando muerte.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“El descubrira mi engaño y nunca más deseará verme.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“Coloqué mi cuchillo junto al colchón y me introduje bajo la manta sin molestarme siquiera en quitarme la ropa.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“Los perros ladran en la distancia y los gallos anunciaban la llegada del nuevo día.”
― Lian Hearn, Grass for His Pillow

“It was as hot as ever, even the turn of the moon bringing no relief, and the cries of cicadas fell like showers around me.”
― Lian Hearn, Blossoms and Shadows