Ruth Ozeki, A Tale For The Time Being Quotes
The past is weird. I mean, does it really exist ? It feels like it exists, but where is it ? And if it did exists, but doesn’t now, then where did it go ?
An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.
Zazen is better than a home. Zazen is a home that you can't ever lose.
As I bathe myselfI pray with all beingsthat we can purify body and mindand clean ourselves inside and out.
Ruth was a novelist, and novelists, Oliver asserted, should have cats and books.
Maketa, ” I said, throwing myself down in the sand. “I lost. The ocean won.”She smiled. “Was it a good feeling?”“Mm, ” I said.“That’s good, ” she said. “Have another rice ball?
When you beat a drum, you create NOW, when silence becomes a sound so enormous and alive it feels like you're breathing in the clouds and the sky, and your heart is the rain and the thunder.
How much can you really trust the promise of a suicidal farther?
How much can you really trust the promise of a suicidal father?
In my heart, I am American, and I believe I have a free will and can take charge of my own destiny.
There's so much to write. Where should I start?I texted my old Jiko this question, and she wrote me back this:'You should start where you are
Patience was part of his nature, and he accepted his lot as a short-lived mammal, scurrying in and out amid the roots of the giants.
We're by-products of the mid-twentieth century", Oliver said. "Who isn't?
By changing our history and our memory, they try to erase all our shame.
