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It was my sister's fault. She brought...books home before I was old enough to check them out of the library myself.
— Michael Patrick Hearn
I am not made for despair
— Lian Hearn
In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden, it is necessary to understand - or at least to learn to understand - the beauty of stone.
— Lafcadio Hearn
Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.
— Lafcadio Hearn
Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells.
— Lian Hearn
I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me.
— Lian Hearn
Like young fern shoots
my child's fingers curled.
I did not expect,
in the fifth month, frost. — Lian Hearn
my child's fingers curled.
I did not expect,
in the fifth month, frost. — Lian Hearn
The painter had achieved what we would all like to do: capture time and make it stand still
— Lian Hearn
Shame, however, was what I felt seeping through me as though it stained my white bones black.
— Lian Hearn
We owe more to our illusions than to our knowledge
— Lafcadio Hearn
Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was.
— Lafcadio Hearn
I've got to be right on top of the action, or else all those people watching the game will say, 'This guy's not very good.'
— Chick Hearn
Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
— Lafcadio Hearn
The bonds between husband and wife spring from deep laws of destiny and should not be broken lightly.
— Lian Hearn
Chick Hearn taught me how to play basketball, how to think about basketball. He taught me how to love basketball.
— Roland Lazenby
Concering the power of the written word
— Julie Hearn
Portland can put the champagne away and get out the bottled water, 'cause that's all they're gonna drink on their way home!
— Chick Hearn
For someone who made such an enormous contribution to American literature, Mark Twain has been the subject of many books but few major biographies.
— Michael Patrick Hearn
Perhaps, after trillions of ages burning in different dynasties of suns, the very best of me may come together again.
— Lafcadio Hearn
The Shadow-maker shapes forever.
— Lafcadio Hearn
To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.
— Lafcadio Hearn
All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.
— Lafcadio Hearn
It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.
— Lafcadio Hearn
The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.
— Lafcadio Hearn
Radio is the art form of sports casting. If you're any good, you can do a great job on radio.
— Chick Hearn
How sweet Japanese woman is! All the possibilities of the race for goodness seem to be concentrated in her.
— Lafcadio Hearn
Players are spoiled by charter airplanes, the finest hotels, a big per diem every day.
— Chick Hearn
Frank Baum knew at once he had written something special when he completed 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.'
— Michael Patrick Hearn
One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.
— Lafcadio Hearn
Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: Well, who are the best people to live with?
— Lafcadio Hearn