“Never forget:we walk on hell,gazing at flowers.”

“In the cherry blossom's shadethere's no such thingas a stranger.”

“Summer night--even the starsare whispering to each other.”

“HereI'm here-the snow falling.”

“before the gate --my walking stick's made a riverof melting snow”

“This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop worldAnd yet ”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“It is only a barbarous mind that sees other than the flower, merely an animal mind that dreams of other than the moon.”

“This autumn-why am I growing old?bird disappearing among clouds.”

“stronger than mountains.a place where my heart feels the safest- underneath his shirt.”