The Woman in the White Kimono
Ana Johns
Top 10 Best Quotes
“A life with love is happy. A life for love is foolish. A life of if only is unbearable. In my seventy-eight years, I have had all three. Grandmother would often say, “So it is with sorrow. So it is with happiness. It will pass.” But even in my old age, when I close my eyes, I can still see the distant flicker of a thousand tiny lights.”
“Worry gives a small thing big shadows.”
“A life with love is happy. A life for love is foolish. A life of if only is unbearable.”
“To understand your direction, you must know both your roots and your reach.”
“Time does not discriminate. It does not care if we are happy or sad. It does not slow or hurry. It’s a linear creature, traveling in one direction, constant even through pain.”
“Repaired objects hold even more beauty as the restoration becomes part of the object’s history.”
“What is truth but a story we tell ourselves?”
“Sorrow and happiness do not pass. They burrow in deep and become our bones. We stand on their uneven legs, trying to keep balance when there is none. There is only love. Only truth.”
“To just know a truth is not enough. First, you must understand. And it requires bravery from two people. One to speak it. And one to listen.”
“Time is a stubborn creature that delights in goading you. When happy, it sprouts wings and flies. When waiting, it drags through thick mud with heavy feet.”
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