Kazuo Koike quotes

“True joy is to take pleasure in one's own accomplishments....”
-- Kazuo Koike

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“A father knows his child's heart, as only a child can know his fathers.”
-- Kazuo Koike

Source : Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, Frank Miller (2000). “Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road”, Dark Horse

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“Comics are carried by characters. If a character is well-created, the comic becomes a hit.”
-- Kazuo Koike

Source : Kazuo Koike (2014). “Path of the Assassin: Comparison of a man. Volume 3”, p.305, Dark Horse Comics

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“You must choose a road for yourself.”
-- Kazuo Koike

“Ned passed the next few minutes quietly not dying in his office, and was pleased with how well it was going. He'd stayed alive longer, but now that he was concentrating on it, it felt more like an accomplishment.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.119, Macmillan

“When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there's a massive sense of accomplishment.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.118, Thomas Nelson Inc

“I think J.S. Bach's music stands among humankind's greatest accomplishments. For me, Bach's music is not only as good as music gets, but also as good as it gets, period -- as good as existence, reality, life and the world.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I am in awe of the things you've been put through and the fact you can still light up a room when you walk in. When I look at you I see life. I see joy. I see my future.”

Source : Abbi Glines, Colleen Hoover, Jamie McGuire (2013). “The Atria Indie Lovers Collection: Twisted Perfection, Losing Hope, and Red Hill”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

“When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.”

Source : "Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas". Book by Abby Sunderland and Lynn Vincent, 2011.

“There is, of course, no joy so great as the cessation of pain; in fact all joy, active or passive, is the cessation of some pain, since it must be the satisfaction of a longing, even perhaps an unconscious longing.”

Source : Ada Leverson (1962). “The little Ottleys: Love's shadow. Tenterhooks. Love at second sight”

“Pleasure is a by-product of doing something that is worth doing. Therefore, do not seek pleasure as such. Pleasure comes of seeking something else, and comes by the way.”

“The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery. The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.”

“Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes; And when in act they cease, in prospect rise.”

“Pleasure, or wrong or rightly understood, Our greatest evil, or our greatest good.”