Sometimes when she told stories about the past her eyes would get teary from all the memories she had, but they weren't tears. She wasn't crying. They were just the memories, leaking out.
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
My mind is like a gyre and odd juxtapositions happen. - Ruth Ozeki
My mind is like a gyre and odd juxtapositions happen.
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!
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.
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 …
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