Haruo Shirane quotes

“If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty.”
-- Haruo Shirane

Source : Haruo Shirane (2013). “Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900”, p.898, Columbia University Press

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“People peep into boxes at moving stereoscopic prints, imagining they're in other worlds, and the crowd around a glassblower wonders whether icicles have formed in summer. Potted trees revive and suddenly look fresh when a florist sprinkles water on them, while papier-mâché turtles hanging out for sale move in the wind and take on souls.”
-- Haruo Shirane

Source : Haruo Shirane (2013). “Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900”, p.210, Columbia University Press

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“Life is just a chance to grow a soul.”

“Religion is not something separate and apart from ordinary life. It is life - life of every kind viewed from the standpoint of meaning and purpose: life lived in the fuller awareness of its human quality and spiritual significance.”

“You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.”

“I am tortured too. I am tortured by belly fat and magazine covers about how to please everyone but myself. I am tortured by sheep who click on anything that will guarantee a ten-pound loss in one week. Sheep who will get on their knees if it means someone will like them more. I am tortured by my inability to want to hang out with desperate sheep. I am tortured by ***** yearbooks full of bullshit. I met you when. I'll miss the times. I'll keep in touch. Best friends forever. Is this okay? Are you all right? Are you tortured too?”

“How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?”

“It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn.”

“Only an extraordinary person can turn opportunity into reality.”

“Time is an amazing enigma in which seeds that were planted can turn into a vibrant garden if properly pruned.”

“If Stalin could only see us now, with the American Ambassador here, he'd turn in his grave.”

Source : "MAYDAY: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair" by Michael R. Beschloss, (p. 42), 1986.

“You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful.”