Nahoko Uehashi quotes

“But look around at this world, how perfectly it's made. Flowers can't move, yet the insects come to them and spread their pollen. Trees can't move either, but birds and animals eat their fruit and carry their seeds far and wide.”
-- Nahoko Uehashi

Source : Nahoko Uehashi (2014). “Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit”, p.120, Scholastic Inc.

#Flower Quotes #Moving Quotes #Animal Quotes

“Don't fret, boy. I'm not so foolish as to ridicule the myths and legends of other people. For countless generations, people, no matter where they're from, have been trying to understand this world of ours.”
-- Nahoko Uehashi

Source : Nahoko Uehashi (2014). “Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit”, p.98, Scholastic Inc.

#Boys Quotes #People Quotes #Tolerance Quotes

“I've become a lantern bearer, lighting the path this country will take.”
-- Nahoko Uehashi

Source : Nahoko Uehashi (2014). “Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit”, p.116, Scholastic Inc.

#Country Quotes #Path Quotes #Lanterns Quotes

“To eat or be eaten, to escape or be takena matter of utmost importance to the one concerned, yet it happens all the time and we don't even notice.”
-- Nahoko Uehashi

#Matter Quotes #Importance Quotes #Concerned Quotes

“I know what the world is like. Nobody does anything unless there's something in it for themselves. But there are some people who do more than they have to for what they get in return, and those people are kind right to the heart.”
-- Nahoko Uehashi

Source : Nahoko Uehashi (2014). “Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit”, p.44, Scholastic Inc.

#Heart Quotes #People Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the world between us We parted stiff and dry: 'Farewell,' said you, 'forget me.' 'Fare well, I will,' said I. If e'er, where clover whitens The dead man's knoll, you pass, And no tall flower to meet you Starts in the trefoiled grass, Halt by the headstone shading The heart you have not stirred, And say the lad that loved you Was one that kept his word.”

“Power is the flower of organization.”

“We cannot teach a flower how to grow, we can only learn from it.”

“The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.”

Source : Akira Kurosawa (2011). “Something Like An Autobiography”, p.192, Vintage

“If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.”

Source : Alan Bennett (2010). “The Complete Talking Heads”, p.56, Macmillan

“I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It's like, it's really bad. It's like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.”

“Don't miss out on the love of a good women,son. No matter what that old man of yours tells you,love is real.I'd have never had the success in my life without the women right there.She's been my backbone.She's been my reason for everything I've ever done.One day your drive to make a name for yourself will begin to drift away. It won't be that important anymore.But when you're doing it for someone else, someone you would move heaven and earth for then you never lose the desire to succeed.I can't imagine this world without her in it.I don't ever want to.”

“Man is a perpetually wanting animal.”

“Even if we act immediately, the world is doomed to lose many of its animal and plant species and this inturn will reduce the ability of ecosystems to deliver vital services to human populations. The Red List gives all of us a practical tool for raising awareness of the biodiversity crisis and for forging new partnerships within the international community.”

“Ecology more important than saving animals from slavery??? Humans suffer the raping of the earth but animals suffer DOUBLY: the raping of the earth PLUS their own raping by humans. They are innocent/they are not the ones who raped the earth/they enrich it for us all from the tiniest microscopic beings to the largest ones.”