As I grew up I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life - in my family in my relationship to Japanese society and in my way of living at large in the latter half of the twentieth century.
This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say...
If you look for truth you may find comfort in the end if you look for...
Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong...
There is no reciprocity. Men love women. Women love children. Children...
Loving, like prayer, is a power as well as a process. It’s curative....
The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
