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When a zashiki warashi came to live with you, good fortune smiled upon the whole house.

Tomo: Friendship through Fiction: An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories

A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would try to understand the meaning of it all.

The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

Most of the supposedly Sufi organizations, exercises and “orders” are in fact only of archaeological interest.

The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work

If you cannot sit on a throne like a king, seize, like a tent-pitcher, the rope of the Royal tent.

The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work

Si no puedes sentarte en un trono como un rey, sujeta, como un tendero, la cuerda de la tienda Real.

The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama

Why would our brains have this capacity to sense the oneness of the universe, a sense that can be induced in many ways, even technological, if that capacity did not reflect an external reality?

Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction

For even if we know very little that is certain about spirit or soul, the true nature of the body, of materiality, is totally unknown and incomprehensible to us.

Humanist Without Portfolio: An Anthology of the writings of Wilhelm von Humboldt

We are creatures of rage and madness and bitter tears and we knew that from the start. Our end was disaster and we knew that from the start. We knew it all from the start.

1000 Quotable Poems; An Anthology Of Modern Verse

There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.

Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language

"A mousie squealing in a trap Woke me from my morning nap. Wasn't he so very sweet To tell me it was time to eat?" (From )

Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse

"A man said to the universe, 'Sir, I exist!' 'Excellent,' replied the universe, 'I've been looking for someone to take care of my cats.

Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse

Everyone these days is concerned so much with privacy and forgets the value of human touch. We still need each other but are scared of how it might sound or appear to the other.

The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

I was in juvenile detention center, and I was in Rikers Island. And there was an anthology written by the inmates called 'The Pen,' and I - you know, I had a crush on a girl, and she left me when I was incarcerated. And I found this poem in this anth...

Lemon Andersen

I wrote when I was scared. It was all I knew to do- writing. It kept my fears firmly on the white paper before me rather than running loose around my head.

Call of the Warrior: An Anthology Presented by Read, Write, Muse

Behold the day-break! I awaken you by sitting on your chest and purring in your face, I stir you with muscular paw-prods, I rouse you with toe-bites, " (From )

Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse

"I saw a dog pursuing automobiles; On and on he sped. I was puzzled by this; I accosted the dog. 'If you catch one,' I said 'What will you do with it?' 'Dumb cat,' he cried, And ran on.

Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse

People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of it.

Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present

Then I saw his kind eyes, a comfort I desired. Then I saw his height, a knight I needed by my side. Then I saw his body, a man I surrendered to.

The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

The joy of comradeship in this foreign land has been killed by silence and overprotection of personal space. I miss the chaos around me for it makes me realise that I am amidst life and alive.

The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

She refuses to support the slogan - Men are equal to women - if this translates to her femininity being faded out or confused by trying to please a selfish idea of anyone wanting a woman to be both herself and a man.

The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations