Nirakara

“At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“As he caught his footing, his head fell back, and the Milky Way flowed down inside him with a roar.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country

“Temple of Suma—
hearing the unblown flute
in the deep shade of trees

sumadera ya / fukanu fue kiku / koshitayami”
― Bashō Matsuo, Bashō's Haiku: Selected Poems