Quotes from Lian Hearn

The world is always outside. And it is in the world that we must live.

There is no Hell, other than that which men make on earth.

You should never despise people because they haven't had your opportunities.

Like young fern shoots my child's fingers curled. I did not expect, in the fifth month, frost.

Kemarahan dan kesedihan sama-sama sulit dipikul

Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this, either by prayers or spells. Children cry about it, but men and women do not cry. They have to endure.

O amor apaixonado não se extingue, transformando-se noutras paixões, ódio, ciúme, desilusão.

Moartea vine pe neasteptate, iar viata e fragila si scurta. Nimeni nu poate sa schimbe asta, nici prin rugaciuni, nici prin vraji.

They reminded me of the people of my village, their indomitable spirit in the face of disaster, their unshakable belief that no matter what might befall them, life was basically good and the world benign.

Why do women have to suffer this way? Why don't we have the freedom men have?