

“Impermanence and selflessness are not negative aspect of life, but the very foundation on which life is built. Impermanence is the constant transformation of things. Without impermanence, there can be no life. Selflessness is the interdependent nature of all things. Without interdependence, nothing could exist.”
― Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh
― Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh

“As a young girl I believed my life would never have been a struggle if Mr.Tanaka hadn't torn me away from my tipsy house. But now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha

“If not exactly raging against the dying of the light, I was at least a little cross with it.”
― Black Butterfly
― Black Butterfly

“My idea of an interesting person is someone who is quite proud of their seemingly abnormal life and turns their disadvantage into a career.”
― Shock Value: A Tasteful Book about Bad Taste
― Shock Value: A Tasteful Book about Bad Taste

“It was all quite ghastly and I was very fond of it.”
― The Vesuvius Club
― The Vesuvius Club
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