As I bathe myselfI pray with all beingsthat we can purify body and mindand clean ourselves inside and out.

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.

In my heart, I am American, and I believe I have a free will and can take charge of my own destiny.

By changing our history and our memory, they try to erase all our shame.

We're by-products of the mid-twentieth century", Oliver said. "Who isn't?

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.

True freedom comes from being unknown.

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

For the time beingWords scatterAre they fallen leaves?

poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you

Real is overratedNo way in my life is that the gistI'd be everything I am notIf I were a fictionist

The difference between childhood and adulthood, Vic had come to believe, was the difference between imagination and resignation. You traded one for the other and lost your way.

What's the point of a good job if you're dead?

'Broad City' [series] has a wild side, but it also has a very heartfelt side. It's very human.

I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.

It's not the wickedness of the pagan that breaks my heart. It's the compromise of the Christian that grieves my soul.

Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.

Israel has a sizeable nuclear arsenal and could retaliate if it were attacked.