"Here at the sea---especially at the sea---I could hear my sisterâ€™s voice in the waves: â€œKira-kira! Kira-kira!"

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Source : Cynthia Kadohata (2008). “Kira-Kira”, p.244, Simon and Schuster

Cynthia Kadohata

#Sea Quotes #Voice Quotes #Kira Quotes

“The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!”
“If you believe that thereâ€™s a heaven and hell and people could be going to hellâ€”or not getting eternal life or whateverâ€”and you think that, well, itâ€™s not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward. . . . How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?”
“Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity.”
“Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.”
“A little common sense, goodwill, and a tiny dose of unselfishness could make this goodly earth into an earthly paradise.”

Source : Richard Aldington (1931). “The Colonel's Daughter: A Novel”, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday
“Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit like the finished man.”
“I feel like there is an emphasis against teaching geography in American schools. Americans don't say, "I'm going to Germany." They say, "I'm going to Europe."”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The art of concentrating strength at one point, forcing a breakthrough, rolling up and securing the flanks on either side, and then penetrating like lightning deep into his rear, before the enemy has time to react.”

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