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A sumptuous lunch had been laid out to welcome Luo Ji and Shi Qiang: local farm produce, chicken and pork produced at other nearby farms, and even home-brewed alcohol. They called three of their neighbors to join them, three men who—like Shi Xiaoming—had entered hibernation relatively early, back when it was expensive and available only to rich mem
... See moreCixin Liu • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)
A life of poverty was the Zen ideal for a monk seeking the ultimate truth of reality, and so from these negative images came the poetic ideal of a man who has transcended the need for the comforts of the physical world and has managed to find peace and harmony in the simplest of lives.
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
Ishi had plenty of reasons to be angry. His whole tribe had been killed,
Pema Chödrön • Start Where You Are: How to accept yourself and others
Soft, humble, and dark are the primary forms and closer to the Way. Hence, sages return to the original: a block of wood.
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
Forget about readers, I barely have friends. I’m still in the same apartment with the slanted, peeling walls and the same overbearing afternoon sun, surviving off the same minimum wage job, working full time for not a whole lot more than 100,000 yen a month, and still writing and writing, with no idea whether it’s ever going to get me anywhere. My
... See moreMieko Kawakami, Sam Bett, • Breasts and Eggs
“May the air carry your spirit gently,” Madrone whispered to the corpse. “May the fire release your soul. May the water wash you clean of pain and suffering and sorrow. May the earth receive you. May the wheel turn again and bring you to rebirth.”