Nicole

“I do not seek to walk in the paths of the wise men of old, I seek what they sought.”
― Matsuo Bashō

“...there are so many books left to read. For that reason alone it is worth going on living. Books make me happy, the help me escape from reality.”
― Félix J. Palma, The Map of the Sky

“Ganjin of Sho ¯daiji Temple endured seventy adversities in his attempts to come to Japan from China. He is said to have lost his sight due to the salt wind blown into his eyes. Worshipping at his sacred image:

with a young leaf
I would wipe the tears
from your eyes”
― Bashō Matsuo, Bashō's Haiku: Selected Poems

“Mr. Jones decided that events would doubtless unfold.”
― M.R. Carey, Isolation: The horror anthology