8. The Cat Who Lived in the PalaceThe cat who lived in the Palace had been awarded the head-dress of nobility and was called Lady Myobu.

In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of literature.

Pleasing things: finding a large number of tales that one has not read before. Or acquiring the second volume of a tale whose first volume one has enjoyed. But often it is a disappointment.

A palm-leaf carriage should move slowly, or else it loses its dignity.

27. TreesI shall say absolutely nothing about the spindle tree.

Man is fully responsible for his nature, choices and lifestyle.

Profanity is the name given to the defilement of the sanctity of human life.

Then Walter died as he lived, he told his mate. A hero, a soldier, and a survivor who chose to protect what was precious to him. I don't think, if you could ask him, that he would have any regrets.

Necessity is stronger far than art.

Too many people have died so unnecessarily; AIDS is completely preventable, yet it's killing more kids in South Africa then everything else, and that's just not how it should be.

what has been termed 'correct' English is nothing other than the blatant legitimation of the white middle-class code.

By many a temple half as old as Time.

It is barbaric to write poetry after Auschwitz.

I don't fear death because I believe it is a transition. Our souls can't be destroyed. I know we are going to live in another life.