--- title: "4 Takashi Hiraide Quotes - Famous Poet" description: "Japanese poet and critic (born 1950)... | Takashi Hiraide is a Japanese poet, critic, book designer, and professor. Hiraide's most celebrated work, pub..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/takashi-hiraide-52295_amor_los-seres-nobles-no-pretenden-apartar-a_710556.jpg" --- # Takashi Hiraide (1950) Poet **4** quotes in **6** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Takashi Hiraide is a poet. ## Quick Facts About Takashi Hiraide Born November 21, 1950 Profession Poet ## About Takashi Hiraide Japanese poet and critic (born 1950)... \| Takashi Hiraide is a Japanese poet, critic, book designer, and professor. Hiraide's most celebrated work, published in English, is The Guest Cat (2014). The Guest Cat made the New York Times best-seller list in the same year it was published in English, 2014 and has reached international acclaim. ## Quotes by Takashi Hiraide > [“Los seres nobles no pretenden apartar a los demás para abrir su propio camino.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-hiraide/los-seres-nobles-no-pretenden-apartar-a-los-dem-s-para-abrir-su/) Takashi Hiraide [Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/takashi-hiraide-52295_amor_los-seres-nobles-no-pretenden-apartar-a_710556.jpg) > [“I wonder where it all comes from - this need to go to the place where the body has been laid to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-hiraide/i-wonder-where-it-all-comes-from-this-need-to-go-to-the-place-where/) Takashi Hiraide [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/takashi-hiraide-52295_death_i-wonder-where-it-all-comes-from-this-ne_2818766.jpg) > [“Looking back on it now, I’d say one’s thirties are a cruel age. At this point, I think of them as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-hiraide/looking-back-on-it-now-i-d-say-one-s-thirties-are-a-cruel-age-at-this/) Takashi Hiraide [Thirties](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thirties/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/takashi-hiraide-52295_thirties_looking-back-on-it-now-i-d-say-one-s-thi_3047380.jpg) > [“Having played to her heart's content, Chibi would come inside and rest for a while. When she began to sleep on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-hiraide/having-played-to-her-heart-s-content-chibi-would-come-inside-and-rest/) Takashi Hiraide [Cats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/takashi-hiraide-52295_cats_having-played-to-her-heart-s-content-chi_3226943.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/takashi-hiraide/#itemlist", "name": "Takashi Hiraide Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Los seres nobles no pretenden apartar a los demás para abrir su propio camino.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Takashi Hiraide" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-hiraide/los-seres-nobles-no-pretenden-apartar-a-los-dem-s-para-abrir-su/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/takashi-hiraide-52295_amor_los-seres-nobles-no-pretenden-apartar-a_710556.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/takashi-hiraide-52295_amor_los-seres-nobles-no-pretenden-apartar-a_710556.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/takashi-hiraide-52295_amor_los-seres-nobles-no-pretenden-apartar-a_710556.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Los seres nobles no pretenden apartar a los demás para abrir su propio camino.” — Takashi Hiraide", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I wonder where it all comes from - this need to go to the place where the body has been laid to rest. 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