Xám Xanh

“Creativity takes courage. ”
― Henri Matisse

“Tea is an act complete in its simplicity.
When I drink tea, there is only me and the tea.
The rest of the world dissolves.
There are no worries about the future.
No dwelling on past mistakes.
Tea is simple: loose-leaf tea, hot pure water, a cup.
I inhale the scent, tiny delicate pieces of the tea floating above the cup.
I drink the tea, the essence of the leaves becoming a part of me.
I am informed by the tea, changed.
This is the act of life, in one pure moment, and in this act the truth of the world suddenly becomes revealed: all the complexity, pain, drama of life is a pretense, invented in our minds for no good purpose.
There is only the tea, and me, converging.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

“Em sẽ không nhìn đôi guốc nữa, em sẽ nhìn khuôn mặt của cô, khuôn mặt sẽ không bao giờ cũ, khuôn mặt sẽ không bao giờ bị gãy gót.”
― Nguyễn Ngọc Thuần, Vừa Nhắm Mắt Vừa Mở Cửa Sổ

“Society gives me chicken and coffee, bed and lodging, in return for a certain number of pieces of paper which were left me by an aunt, for no other reason than that I share her name.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own