When I start writing novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry, rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the beginning. If you don't do that, you can't write good characters.
Life is evanescent, but left to itself it rarely fails to offer some consolation. - Ruth Ozeki
Life is evanescent, but left to itself it rarely fails to offer some consolation.
- Ruth Ozeki
I have a pretty good memory, but memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and then they … - Ruth Ozeki
I have a pretty good memory, but memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and then they …
Everything in the universe is constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if we are to wake up … - Ruth Ozeki
Everything in the universe is constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if we are to wake up …
But in the time it takes to say now, now is already over. It's already then. - Ruth Ozeki
But in the time it takes to say now, now is already over. It's already then.
I think that if we don't learn to inhabit other people's perspectives, then we're never going to understand why people do what they do. - Ruth Ozeki
I think that if we don't learn to inhabit other people's perspectives, then we're never going to understand why people do what they do.
Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now! - Ruth Ozeki
Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!
My mind is like a gyre and odd juxtapositions happen. - Ruth Ozeki
My mind is like a gyre and odd juxtapositions happen.
Do all kids have to worry about their parents’ mental health? The way society is set up, parents are supposed to be the grown-up ones and look after … - Ruth Ozeki
Do all kids have to worry about their parents’ mental health? The way society is set up, parents are supposed to be the grown-up ones and look after …
The wondrous thing about nature, her gift to us, is her wanton promiscuity. She reproduces herself with abandon, with teeming infinite generosity. - Ruth Ozeki
The wondrous thing about nature, her gift to us, is her wanton promiscuity. She reproduces herself with abandon, with teeming infinite generosity.
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