Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted.
That is salvation. To give of love inside. To keep love of life, no matter what, and give to others. Generously.
I never feel so much myself as when I'm in a hot bath.
I thought how strange it had never occurred to me before that I was only purely happy until I was nine years old.
You are a dream; I hope I never meet you.
I must learn more about these people―try to understand them, put myself in their place. No, instead I am so busy keeping my head above water that I scarcely know who I am, much less who anyone else is.