“I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live. They are what our friends tell us, in their pain and joy, their passion and rage, their yearning and their cry against injustice.” WayBelieveStoriesPainJoyPassionI BelieveCryInjusticeRageInsightfulShort StoryYearningShort Love Book:Broken Vessels: Essays Source: Broken Vessels: Essays
“Standing by the crib of one's own baby, with that world - old pang of compassion and protectiveness toward this so little creature that has all its course to run, the heart flies back in yearning and gratitude to those who felt just so toward one's self. Then for the first time one understands the homely succession of sacrifices and pains by which life is transmitted and fostered down the stumbling generations of men.” MenWorldFirstsHeartLittlesSelfRunningPainLife IsCoursesFeltCompassionGenerationsSacrificeBabyGratitudeCreaturesFirst TimeStandingYearningSuccessionStumblingHomelyProtectiveness Book:Mince Pie: Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street Source: Mince Pie: Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street
“If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst will grow stronger and stronger, unquenched, and your pain will grow with your defilements.” IfsPainPassionStrongGrowsDoubtStrongerBuddhistYearningThirstDetrimentalDefilement Author:Gautama Buddha