when a gourd is hollowed out it becomes empty and is of great use to the world because of its emptiness.
... old clothes, old friends, old books. One needs constants in a traveling life.
The best things arrive on time.
It's when we're given choice that we sit with the gods and design ourselves.
Everything matters terribly to children, you know, they're fresh and unformed.
When we live with a memory we live with a corpse; the impact of the experience has changed us once but can never change us again.