On the Death of his Child Dew Evaporates And all our world is dew...so dear, So fresh, so fleeting

In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.

Giddy grasshopper Take care...do not leap and crush These pearls of dewdrop

What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.

Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel.

Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.

In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.

Don't worry, spiders, I keep house casually.

O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!

Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.

Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience.

A true friend will never stand in your allotted beam of light. They will get out of the way so you can grow, but they’ll stay nearby in case you need what they can offer.

...it is my belief that all of us suffer from some kind of mental instability. What would you say if I told you we all are a little crazy?

This is the crepe. This is the cider. This is how we live and eat.

He's wrong he's so he's so wrong he's more wrong than an upside-down rainbow.

Violence begins where knowledge ends.

Certain people have wanted to put me behind bars for a long time now. That's part of my work. If I were afraid, I couldn't do what I do.

I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I'm up and down those stairs all the time. That's my exercise.

when a great war has cut off the young men of a nation it never can be told thereafter what losses of scholars, poets, thinkers and great designers the country and the world have suffered.

It's great to be back on terra cotta

Whenever I call a company and get put on hold, I never really feel like I'm being held.