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Monday, February 8, 2021

Quotes From Eric Van Lustbader’s The Miko

 




 

“To come to know your enemy, first you must become his friend. And once you become his friend, all his defenses come down. Then you can choose the most fitting method of his demise.”  ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“Often, times dictate that one becomes more intimate with one’s enemies than with friends. This is necessary lesson of life; I urge you to listen well. Friends engender obligation and obligations entangle life. Always remember: complications breeds’ desperation.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“Those most afraid of losing their power are always the most sensitive about supposed threats to its security.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“Every plan had to have a backup, and each backup had to have its own backup. That was the only way to be successful, because no situation involving people was ever static.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“The concept of civilization is like that of Communism. Pure in the mind, it nevertheless cannot exist in reality. It is too absolute a concept for man.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“When we set the concept of civilization aside, we free ourselves.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“The lesson you must learn – and it is the most difficult one – is that your conscious mind often makes the wrong choice.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“No file on human being is ever complete, no how matter how up to date it is.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“Never rejoice over the death of another human being. Rather take satisfaction that a source of evil has been expunged.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“A gun against nothing, not a particularly fair fight. But then nothing much was fair in life anyway.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“The words “I’m sorry” were perhaps the most inadequate in the English language. But there was nothing much better in Japanese or in any of the world’s tongue for that matter.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

“Accomplishments were strictly the province of the present. Those who sat back to gloat over their achievements often died with those thoughts.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Miko)

 

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Monday, February 1, 2021

Quotes From Eric Van Lustbader’s The Ninja



 

 

“It would be so simple if we could approach people we cared for without any past so we could see them without any coloration.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Human memory is long; it’s after all what bring us together, what causes that peculiar tingling, sometimes, when we first meet, like a faint but unmistakable brush of recognition – of what? An aura. It has many names. It exists, invisible but unallayed for all that.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“We’re brought up with a kind of romanticism that’s so fake it leads us astray. Falling in love and marriage is forever. The movies, then TV told us that even – especially – the commercials. We’re electronic babies now. So then we pass out of the “us” and into the “I” – what do you do when the “us” doesn’t work and the “I” is far too lonely?” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“That’s all life is anyway. It’s one great search for whatever it is we want: love, money, fame, recognition, security – all of those things. It’s the degree of importance which vary in each individual.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“One cannot learn wisdom by sitting at another’s feet. One must live one’s own life, make one’s own mistakes, feel one’s own ecstasy to learn true meaning of existence, for it is different in each individual. Fall down, get up, do it all over again in another context. Experience. And learn. That is the only way.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Memory is selective, not history. We are what we are. You can’t arbitrarily excise the bad, pretend it never existed.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“All things may be possible, one way or another.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“There are times when only the impatient are rewarded.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Talking was always better than not talking; that was a fundamental underpinning to all human relationships.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“To abandon duty is to destroy that which makes any individual unique and capable of prodigious feats. Duty is the essence of life. It is the only thing over which death has no dominion. It is true immortality.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Meticulous planning was essential, however, one always had to build into one’s plans a bit of leeway because events had a peculiar way of determining themselves.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)


“People often lived their lives, or at least a good part of them, out of weakness. It was what made them human, what made them vulnerable; what made them interesting.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“When one is able to see the matrix from which a precious stone is taken, one is invariably better able to judge the quality of that stone.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Disguising one’s face was all well and good but there were myriad ways one could be identified by an expert. One had to be as meticulous about all parts of the body as one was about the face – the overall image. A disguise had to be total. One needed only the slightest alterations, however, because the idea was camouflage and it did not do to overdo specific characteristics.”  ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

  

“The most formidable of disguises could be betrayed by the peculiar manner in which on individual walked, the gait as singular as fingerprints.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Acceptance of karma should not be confused with fatalism. We are all, to a great extent, masters of our own fate. But also we must learn to bow before the inevitable: this is the true meaning of acceptance and it is only this which brings the harmony without which life is not really worth living.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“How one died was recorded by history and one was remembered as much for the manner of one’s death as for one’s life.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Money was merely the sere gateway to power and power, well, all that was good for was maneuverability. Once you could maneuver in this atom age, you could accomplish anything.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Relationships are based on respect – mutual respect. With that comes trust. And obligation.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“People are complex. They need getting to know. Seeping in. Patience.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“It is totally unreasonable to expect to know or understand everything about yourself. The human being is such a complex animal that we have to be content to muddle through things as best as we can. Some days, it just doesn’t seem nearly enough.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“If you want something badly enough, then you must do it. Those who sit and wish for things accomplish nothing.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“All those assholes who tell you that money hasn’t changed ‘em are full of shit. Of course, it has. They just like to stare at illusions they build for themselves.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Money’s a funny thing. Most people who don’t have it want it very badly. But the ones who have it, if they have any sense at all, know what a fantastic burden it is.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“The idea is to confuse the enemy. It’s an ancient form of strategy in kenjustu and on the battlefield. Use different forms of attacks; attack from different sides. While your enemy is wondering what you are up to, you attack decisively and he’s defeated.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Man is notorious for inventing creatures to explain away the otherwise unexplainable.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“Once you gave anyone information of any kind, you risked giving them an advantage.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

“It is a bad idea to rely too heavily on one discipline or one strategy set. This quickly becomes ingrained and one’s thinking stagnates. Rely only on the situation that presents itself. If you let notions of strategy dictates to you, you will surely be defeated.” ~~ Eric Van Lustbader (Book: The Ninja)

 

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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Quotes from Willee Amsden’s Annie’s 1st Break

 



 

“Everybody says they want to be happy, but very few people know what will really make them happy. Some people say they want money, but money is just printed paper. Some say they want to travel, but you can only travel so much, and then you have to come home.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

“Love is a combination of lust and sharing. If you lust after a guy’s body and he’s also the one you want to call to share something with, that’s love.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

“It’s always better to face things head on. You can only run away from them for so long.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

“Just when you thought the world had gone crazy and you couldn’t depend on human nature, you wake up and everything is back to normal.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

“That’s the trouble with men. Just when you think you’ve gotten them figured out they go and do something human.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

“Life is complicating. Ignoring the big questions doesn’t make it less complicated.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

“Never sleep with one guy – even if he’s on your couch – when you’re dreaming of another guy, who is a much better prospect – even if he’s the ‘boss’.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

 

“There are no absolutes in life, but we can play the percentages and usually come out on top. We’ll win more than we lose.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

 

“Life is embarrassing. People will use that against you, but you’re strong. Life is short to be taken seriously.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

 

“It’s really true what they say, life is what happens while you’re thinking about another guy.” ~~ Willee Amsden (Book: Annie’s 1st Break)

 

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