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Quote by Matsuo Basho

“The journey itself is my home.”

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Matsuo Basho was a renowned Japanese poet from the Edo period, hailed as the god of haiku. His poetry is characterized by its simplicity, conciseness, and profound meaning, exerting a profound influence on later generations. more

“We want to get there faster. Get where? Wherever we are not. But a human soul can only go as fast as a man can walk, they used to say. In that case, where are all the souls? Left behind. They wander here and there, slowly, dim lights flickering in the marshes at night, looking for us. But they're not nearly fast enough, not for us, we're way ahead of them, they'll never catch up. That's why we can go so fast: our souls don't weigh us down.”

Men Way Want Humans Soul Enough Light Used Night Left Walks Behinds Cases Wander Faster Left Behind Human Soul Here And There Marshes

Author:Margaret Atwood

“Perhaps its not the world that is soundless but we who are deaf.”

World Deaf

Author:Margaret Atwood

“Time folds you in its arms and gives you one last kiss, and then it flattens you out and folds you up and tucks you away until it's time for you to become someone else's past time, and then time folds again.”

Giving Lasts Past Arms Kissing Folds Last Kiss

Book:The Tent

Source: The Tent

“Most unmarried Somali girls who got pregnant committed suicide. I knew of one girl in Mogadishu who poured a can of gasoline over herself in the living room, with everyone there, and burned herself alive. Of course, if she hadn't done this, her father and brothers would probably have killed her anyway.”

Ifs Done Girl Courses Father Rooms Alive Brother Suicide Committed Pregnant Burned Living Room Gasoline Infidel Unmarried Somali Father And Brother Mogadishu

Book:Infidel

Source: Infidel

“Where you can never sleep because of noisy brain.No matter how tired you are. It's impossible to accomplish anything but lying here in bed. Frustrated and victimized at three in the morning.”

Matter Lying Three Sleep Brain Morning Impossible Bed Tired Accomplish Frustrated Noisy Never Sleep Lying Here

Author:Susane Colasanti

“I am going to give you a piece of advice... advice I wish I'd been told in guidance class back in high school, in between the don't-do-acid and don't-drink-and-drive films. I wish our counselors had told us, 'When you grow older a dreadful, horrible sensation will come over you. It's called loneliness, and you think you know what it is now, but you don't. Here is the list of the symptoms, and don't worry—loneliness is the most universal sensation on the planet. Just remember one fact—loneliness will pass. You will survive and you will be a better human for it.”

Source: Shampoo Planet

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