Lian Hearn said this quote

But, as your saints teach and we have always known, attachment enslaves you. Only those free from it see the world as it really is and have power over themselves and all things.

~ Lian Hearn

I am what I am and what I have always been, a poor soul on a journey.

~ Lian Hearn

...What does the blessing of heaven mean? We know the kirin is just an animal, not a mythical creature.It has become a symbol now.... That is the way human beings deal with the world.

~ Lian Hearn

But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world that we have to live.

~ Lian Hearn