Home / Quotes / Quote by Shuntaro Tanikawa

Quote by Shuntaro Tanikawa

“... but I'm always being invaded by others' souls so I can't see my own soul very well.”

Author

Shuntaro Tanikawa is a renowned Japanese poet, born on December 15, 1931. His poetry is known for its simplicity and depth, which has won the hearts of many readers. more

“In the antiseptic world we try to purge ourselves of difficult things. Don't dwell on it, switch off the light and go home. But this is home. I have to be a home to myself. I am the place I come back to and I can't keep hiding difficult things in trunks. Soon the house will be full of trunks and I perched on top of them with the phone saying, "Yes, I'm fine, of course, I'm fine, everything's fine." The trunks shudder.”

World Trying I Can Home Light Courses House Difficult Fine Phones Conformity Hiding Difficult Things Trunks Saying Yes Non Conformity

Book:Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd

Source: Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd

“I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me.”

Ifs If I Could My Sister Sister

Author:Tom Cruise

“I am moving deeper into my own brain.”

Moving My Own Brain Deeper Conformity Non Conformity

Book:Preaching to the converted

Source: Preaching to the converted

“I was an onion, layers and layers and layers under a thin, papery skin. If anyone had been able to cut me open, my bitter, irritating juices would have stung their eyes, and they would have cried. Although I couldn't cry myself, much at the time. But no one would cut me open.”

Ifs Eye Able Cutting Cry Skins Bitter Conformity Layers Cried Juice Onions Irritating Non Conformity

Author:Crescent Dragonwagon

“Be daring. Be first. Be different.”

Firsts Different Business Individuality Daring

Author:Anita Roddick

“Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter.”

“We must be certain that we all realize that our enemy is not an enemy that is located in one single place. There are terrorist cells all around the globe.”

Certain Realizing Enemy Terrorist Cells Globes

Author:Marsha Blackburn

“What are you going to do to preserve a tradition that is the peculiar and unique culture that Judaism inculcates? The American Jewish community is not going to survive by lining up against its common enemy.”

Culture Community Common Enemy Unique Tradition Preserves Peculiar Judaism Common Enemy Jewish Community Jewish Tradition Lining Up

Author:Arthur Hertzberg

Quote by Shuntaro Tanikawa

Author

You May Also Like