“It is the penalty and the safeguard of genius that it computes itself by troy weight in a world that measures by vulgar hundredweights.”
― Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated)
― Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated)
“I wonder,” said Reginald, “if you have ever walked down the Embankment on a winter night?” “Gracious, no, child! Why do you ask?” “I didn’t; I only wondered. And even your philanthropy, practised in a world where everything is based on competition, must have a debit as well as a credit account. The young ravens cry for food.” “And are fed.” “Exactly. Which presupposes that something else is fed upon.”
― Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated)
― Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated)
“Nothing is too small. Nothing is too, quote-unquote, ordinary or insignificant. Those are the things that make up the measure of our days, and they're the things that sustain us. And they're the things that certainly can become worthy of poetry.”
―
―
“beautiful pain
that says I exist
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and a saner life tomorrow”
―
that says I exist
flicker punch slash dab wring press burn slash
press slash punch flicker flash press burn slash
dab flicker float flash flicker dab press burn slash
press slash punch flash flicker burn
and a saner life tomorrow”
―
“I don't regard my life
as insufficient.
Inside the brushwood gate
there is a moon;
there are flowers.”
― Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
as insufficient.
Inside the brushwood gate
there is a moon;
there are flowers.”
― Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
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