A friend once told me, "Books are nice, but I'd rather experience the real world."

He has a point: the world is an amazing place. I'd rather see a beautiful sunset than read about it.

But books let you keep all of history's most beautiful sunsets on a shelf to enjoy whenever you want.

Take care not to constrain the bounds of beauty. Fear of the strange will in the end see you surrounded only by the dull.

All one tree, over 160 years old.

In Japanese, wisteria is ふじ (fuji)
Immortality is ふし (fushi)

What will be its extent?
What will be yours?

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Constantly inspired by the messages around Tokyo.

I'm inclined to agree

Yes! The series is fantastic on its own, but I also found a lot of beauty and insight in her commentaries in the collected Books of Earthsea. It's fascinating reading her reflections on writing - the craft itself, as well as her struggles as a woman in the (at the time) male-dominated fantasy genre.

"We think that fate is something we must follow, but we are actually more free than that.

If you can think, "This fate is something I have chosen," then your life will become yours.

To evaluate is to create. Value is created only through evaluation."

Thanks Hello Kitty.

There's a whole bunch of them, but of course I had to grab my boi Freddy.

Best find in Tokyo:

Hello Kitty x Friedrich Nietzsche