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“All the times humanity developed the power to destroy itself utterly, and it never had. Or, more likely, it had done it a hundred million times in a hundred million ways in alternate spacetimes, but of course Maya could not have been born into a world that did not exist.”
― We Who Will Destroy the Future
― We Who Will Destroy the Future
“Of the possible shades of indigo dyeing, a deep navy blue was employed most frequently. As a result, ko-ya, the name of the dyers who used it, became a kind of synonym for the whole hand-dyeing industry. The demand for navy blue kept ko-ya so busy that they hardly had time to dye their own clothing; this gave rise to the phrase “a ko-ya who wears white,” which referred in general to anyone too busy attending to the needs of others to attend to his own.”
― The Colors of Japan: Background, Characteristics and Creation
― The Colors of Japan: Background, Characteristics and Creation
“At the root of my atheism -- and my writing style -- is a natural tendency to try to beautify ugly truths rather than swallow beautiful lies.”
― You Don't Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious
― You Don't Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious
“The Vietnamese were born from the marriage of a dragon from the sea and a goddess from the mountain. They lived together long enough to have one hundred children, but upon realizing that he craved the water, and she her mountains, they split their family in half and went their separate ways.”
― The Ghost Years
― The Ghost Years
“Dividing attention, food, money—all that care—into equal parts. The algebra of motherhood.”
― Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir
― Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir
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