the Japanese school year begins in spring ... so mothers can send off their children as cherry blossoms fall from the branches. — Cathy Davidson Copy Share Image
If I were asked to explain the Japanese spirit, I would say it is wild cherry blossoms glowing in the morning sun! — Motoori Norinaga Copy Share Image
“But memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and then they fade… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“Let us find inner freedom in each lucky moment that we encounter, like a sun-basking butterfly that finds peace on a cherry… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
If there were no cherry blossoms in this world How much more tranquil our hearts would be in spring. — Ariwara no Narihira Copy Share Image
Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - one of Tokyo's oldest Japanese gardens, and one of the best spots for viewing the cherry blossoms. — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
However far I gaze Neither cherry blossoms nor Crimson leaves are in sight. Only a fisherman's hut on the shore In the… — Fujiwara no Teika Copy Share Image
The work of preservation demands that the feelings playing about in one's guts not be turned into action. Just watch their passing… — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless? To long for the… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
“living only for the moment, savouring the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms, and the maple leaves, singing songs, drinking wine, and… — Asai Ryoi Copy Share Image
“There is much to be said for cherry blossoms, but they seem so flighty. They are so quick to run off and… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
“Due to their short bloom time, Sakura blossoms are a metaphor for life itself: beautiful yet fleeting. You’ll realize when you’re as… — Shannon M Mullen Copy Share Image
“They can fly and they howl, they slaughter depression and headaches, they daydream like gangbanging daffodils, orchids and cherry blossoms grasping mauve… — Laura Gentile Copy Share Image
The first time I saw a fingerbowl was at the home of my benefactress. [...] The water had a few cherry blossoms… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“he said this turning his strong body to face the beautiful, stunning, breathtaking, astonishing, bewildering girl who was a princess and his… — J.K. Ashton Copy Share Image
“We're all struggling so hard, heading in the wrong direction. All our efforts are in vain, Kazumi. They come to nothing! Our… — Soji Shimada Copy Share Image
“Well, in each situation there are gods of love who get people to love one another through different objects like arrows or… — C.J. Anaya Copy Share Image
Outside it's a perfect spring night. We stand on the sidewalk in front of our apartment building, and Henry takes my hand,… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“Beauty was all around them. Unsuspected tintings glimmered in the dark demesnes of the woods and glowed in their alluring by-ways. The… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“God what an outfield,' he says. 'What a left field.' He looks up at me, and I look down at him. 'This… — W.P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
“Dutifully, the Count put the spoon in his mouth. In an instant, there was the familiar sweetness of fresh honey—sunlit, golden, and… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“The shoes were of white leather and fur, with impractical heels that would add half a foot to my height, but unlike… — Heather Fawcett Copy Share Image
I have a pretty good memory, but memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
It may just be because I get homesick, but I have concluded Washington's cherry blossoms are just plain overrated. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
“I recall the months and years I spent as the intimate of someone whose affections have now faded like cherry blossoms scattering… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at our ease,… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
“Saying Dating web sites don't work is like saying my keyboard types wrong as it is "written seek and yee shall find” — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image