Ruth Ozeki Quotes

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• What if I travel so far away in my dreams that I can't get back in time to wake up?
• You never know who it's going to be, or what they'll bring, but whatever it is, it's always exactly what is needed.
• Both life and death manifest in every moment of existence. Our human body appears and disappears moment by moment, without cease, and this ceaseless arising…
• The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was the only way…
• I have a pretty good memory, but memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and…
• Everything in the universe is constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if we are to…
• A person is born form the deep conditions of the world. A person pokes up from the world and roll along like a wave. Until…
• Zazen is better than a home. Zazen is a home that you can't ever lose.
• Casting your voice out into the future is very beautiful to me.
• There are many answers, none of them right, but some of them most definitely wrong.
• Am I crazy?" she asked. "I feel like I am sometimes." "Maybe," he said, rubbing her forehead. "But don't worry about it. You need to…
• No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.
• The past is weird. I mean, does it really exist ? It feels like it exists, but where is it ? And if it did…
• She smiled. “Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories. Good night, my dear Nao.
• Print is predictable and impersonal, conveying information in a mechanical transaction with the reader’s eye. Handwriting, by contrast, resists the eye, reveals its meaning slowly,…
• Sometimes when she told stories about the past her eyes would get teary from all the memories she had, but they weren't tears. She wasn't…
• An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.
• She missed the built environment of New York City. It was only in an urban landscape, amid straight lines and architecture, that she could situate…
• Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!
• Information is a lot like water; it's hard to hold on to, and hard to keep from leaking away.

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