227 Quotes by Ruth Ozeki
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You never know who it’s going to be, or what they’ll bring, but whatever it is, it’s always exactly what is needed.
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Information is a lot like water; it’s hard to hold on to, and hard to keep from leaking away.
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When I start writing novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry, rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the beginning. If you don’t do that, you can’t write good characters.
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I helped Jiko to her feet and we walked back to the bus stop together, holding hands again. I was still thinking about what she said about waves, and it made me sad because I knew that her little wave was not going to last and soon she would join the sea again, and even though I know you can’t hold on to water, still I gripped her fingers a little more tightly to keep her from leaking away.
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You can’t hold on to water or keep it from leaking away.
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The moment I saw the gate I had a strong thought to turn around and throw myself headfirst down the steep stone steps or just let myself free-fall backward into the pillowy softness of eternity, and it wouldn’t matter if I bumped and bounced like a cabbage all the way down until I hit the bottom and then rolled out to sea, because at least I’d be safe and dead.
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I don’t hate anybody.
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My anger frightened me more than my fear once had.
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Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories.
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