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“Here is a greedy man who keeps to himselfThe beautiful pears ripe in his garden.”
Bashō Matsuo, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches“My children are monsters, Kiro thought. And I am responsible. Perhaps if I had read them the haikus of Basho when they were little instead of that American manifesto of high-pressure sales, Green Eggs and Ham...”
Christopher Moore, Coyote Blue“Had I crossed the passSupported by a stick,I would have spared myselfThe fall from the horse.”
Bashō Matsuo, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches“The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.”
Matsuo Basho“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.”
Matsuo Basho“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old seek what they sought.”
Matsuo Basho“At one time I was weary of verse writing, and wanted to give it up. At another time I was determined to be a poet until I could establish a proud name over others. The alternatives battled in my mind and made my life restless.”
Bashō Matsuo“Awakened at midnightby the sound of the water jarcracking from the ice”
Bashō Matsuo