The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.
One of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made the book yours.
One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.
I think I understand passion. Love is something else.
There's a lot of sensuality that I associate with travel. And that's romance.
You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.