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Foster
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I am in a spot where I can neither be what I always am nor turn into what I could be.
“But as life passed by while shut up in here, I came to understand something. I realized that no matter how much we lost, or however badly we were treated, the fact is we are still human. All we can do is keep on going with our lives, even if we lose limbs, because this is not a fatal illness. In the midst of darkness and a struggle we had no hope of winning, I held on to this one thing – the fact of our humanity – and I was proud of it. That’s maybe why I tried to Listen, because I believe that human beings are living creatures with this capability. When I Listened, I sometimes heard things.”
― Sweet Bean Paste
― Sweet Bean Paste
“And so the days pass. I keep waiting for something to happen, for the ease I feel to end, but each day follows on much like the one before.”
― Foster
― Foster
“I feel at such a loss for words but this is a new place, and new words are needed.”
― Foster
― Foster
“And that is when he puts his arms around me and gathers me into them as though I were his own.”
― Foster
― Foster
“When I make sweet bean paste I observe closely the colour of the adzuki beans’ faces. I take in their voices. That might mean imagining a rainy day or the beautiful fine weather that they have witnessed. I listen to their stories of the winds that blew on their journey to me.”
― Sweet Bean Paste
― Sweet Bean Paste
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