Tamara Tančić

“In your diary, you quoted old Jiko saying something about not-knowing, how not-knowing is the most intimate way, or did I just dream that?
Anyway, I've been thinking about this a lot, and I think maybe it's true, even though I don't really like uncertainty. I'd much rather 'know', but then again, not-knowing keeps all the possibilities open. It keeps all the worlds alive.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“The beaches were overrun with jellyfish these days, the monstrous red stinging kind that that looked like wounds along the shoreline.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“I was deep inside my mind, which is where I go when things get too intense.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“The moment I saw the gate I had a strong thought to turn around and throw myself headfirst down the steep stone steps or just let myself free-fall backward into the pillowy softness of eternity, and it wouldn't matter if I bumped and bounced like a cabbage all the way down until I hit the bottom and then rolled out to sea, because at least I'd be safe and dead.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being