Lian Hearn famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Prayer #Everyday #World
...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

#Mean #Animal #Blessing
Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells.
-- Lian Hearn

#Prayer #Life Is #Life Is Fragile
I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me.
-- Lian Hearn

#Character #Missing
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

#Hurt #Ideas #Mad
When illusions are shattered by truth, talent is set free.
-- Lian Hearn

#Talent #Illusion #Shattered
Don't you know the man whose life you spare will always hate you?
-- Lian Hearn

#Hate #Men #Hate You
How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?
-- Lian Hearn

#Beautiful #World
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

#Doors #Rivers #World
It's like a spell. It's so strong I can't fight it. Is love always like this?
-- Lian Hearn

#Strong #Fighting
The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.
-- Lian Hearn

#Thinking #People #Think Of You
I am not made for despair
-- Lian Hearn

#Despair #Made
I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.
-- Lian Hearn

#Believe #Government #People
..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

#Men #Knowing #Different

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