Ori

“Shyness emanated from his dark features; he seemed a good-hearted sort.”
― Fumiko Enchi, Masks

“My shiny black hair
fallen into disarray,
a thousand tangles,
like a thousand tangled thoughts
about my love for you.”
― Akiko Yosano, River of Stars: Selected Poems

“Night. The stars and the moon impassive, undisturbed, eternal. A little of their impassivity flows into me. They are consoling. They reduce the intensity and acuteness of human sorrow. I feel less strangled, less oppressed. I transfer to the moon and the stars some of the trust in God I once had, and realize that serenity comes from an acceptance of death. Man’s life span is short. There is an end to pain.”
― Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume 3: 1939-1944

“The little lamb's eyes,
desperate for forest water,
must resemble mine.
O you whose love I long for,
how can you understand me?”
― Akiko Yosano, River of Stars: Selected Poems