Lian Hearn Quotes

• She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance.

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  Prayer, Everyday, World

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Brilliance of the Moon: Tales of the Otori”, p.296, Pan Macmillan

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• 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.

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  Doors, Rivers, World

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.34, Pan Macmillan

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• I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me.

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  Character, Missing

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• Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells.

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  Prayer, Life Is, Spells

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

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• How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?

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  Beautiful, World

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.98, Pan Macmillan

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• When illusions are shattered by truth, talent is set free.

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  Talent, Illusion, Shattered

  Lian Hearn (2005). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Journey to Inuyama. episode 2”, Puffin

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• It's like a spell. It's so strong I can't fight it. Is love always like this?

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  Strong, Fighting, Love Always

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Brilliance of the Moon: Tales of the Otori”, p.60, Pan Macmillan

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• Don't you know the man whose life you spare will always hate you?

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  Hate, Men, Spares

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.99, Pan Macmillan

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• ..while I was happy enough to pray to any god, knowing that they were simply different faces created by men, of one indivisible truth.

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  Men, Knowing, Different Faces

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Brilliance of the Moon: Tales of the Otori”, p.316, Pan Macmillan

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• The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.

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  Thinking, People, Think Of You

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.77, Pan Macmillan

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• ...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.

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  Mean, Animal, Blessing

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• 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.

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  Hurt, Ideas, Mad

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.242, Pan Macmillan

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• I am not made for despair

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  Despair, Made

  Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.66, Pan Macmillan

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• I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.

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  Believe, Government, People

  Lian Hearn (2005). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Journey to Inuyama. episode 2”, Puffin

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