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?

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?

Why be a man when you can be a success.

Hope is assurance of the promise..

You can create you different world with your loving one in talks only. This doesn't need to be there but with the heart and true care you can enjoy everything in the world

A writer is someone who, needing nothing and no one, wants everything and everyone.

Most Christians speak to God about their mountain instead of speaking to their mountain about God!

Life can often be a competition and your greatest opponent is yourself.

[Jesus] was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water.

The Gospel acts without threats... it teaches us about the supreme goodwill of God towards us.

What am I going to do with you? I have suggestions, but this might not be the place for them.

The only way a kid is going to practise is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.