Ruth was a novelist, and novelists, Oliver asserted, should have cats and books.

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?

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.

Self-love is beginning but others-love is the end. Self-love is important but insufficient.

It seems only easier when money is involved.

What a shame to be so angered by what you don't have that you treat what you do have like it's nothing.

Reprove your friends in secret praise them openly.

The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.

I was born when I met you, now I'm dying to forget you

The way prices are rising, the good old days are last week.

I'm a guy here to play football. I'm not here for photos or newspapers or TV shows or trophies or awards. I'm not into all that.

Jesus does not offer to make bad people good but to make dead people alive.