Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
MATSUO BASHOAwakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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The journey itself is my home.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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