Life is evanescent, but left to itself it rarely fails to offer some consolation. — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now! — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
I believe it doesn't matter what it is, as long as you can find something concrete to keep you busy while you… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
She smiled. “Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories. Good night, my dear Nao. — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“Don’t waste a single moment of your precious life! Wake up now! And now! And now! 6.” — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“As someone who has to teach for a living, I shouldn't be saying this, but the planet can do quite well without… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“At one point in my life, I learned how to think. I used to know how to feel. In war, these are… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“this feeling of alive is not so easy to experience. Even although life is a thing that seems to have some kind… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“Everything in the universe is constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“Suicide feels like One Authentic Thing. Suicide feels like Meaning of Life. Suicide feels like having the Last Word. Suicide feels like… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
..I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Everything in the universe is constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“Yes," I told her. "I'm angry, so what?" … I went on, giving her an executive summary of my crappy life. …… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“Jiko: "Surfer, wave, same thing." "That's just stupid, " I said. " A surfer's a person. A wave is a wave. How… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Both life and death manifest in every moment of existence. Our human body appears and disappears moment by moment, without cease, and… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“Time plays tricks on mothers. It teases you with breaks and brief caesuras, only to skip wildly forward, bringing breathtaking changes to your baby's… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
“Everything seemed to grow blacker as I sat there, except for the fireflies whose tiny pulsing lights drew arcs through the dark summer air.… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
That's what it feels like when I write, like I have this beautiful world in my head, but when I try to remember it… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
“Premonitions are coincidences waiting to happen,” he said, without looking up. “I” — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
“As someone who has to teach for a living, I shouldn't be saying this, but the planet can do quite well without books.” — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now! — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
“Do not think that time simply flies away. Do not understand “flying” as the only function of time. If time simply flew away, a… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
“INSTRUCTIONS FOR ZAZEN First of all, you have to sit down, which you’re probably already doing. The traditional way is to sit on a… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
The wondrous thing about nature, her gift to us, is her wanton promiscuity. She reproduces herself with abandon, with teeming infinite generosity. — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
“this feeling of alive is not so easy to experience. Even although life is a thing that seems to have some kind of weight… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories. — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
It was really a means-of-production problem. It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
“Adjunct teachers are the professorial equivalent of the migrant Mexican farm laborers hired during harvest. If you can get a good contract at the… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
She missed the built environment of New York City. It was only in an urban landscape, amid straight lines and architecture, that she could… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share
