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“Seeking the Cave is part travelogue, part literary history, and part spiritual journey. James Lenfestey is a lively and entertaining tour guide. Modest, funny, curious, and wide open to the world, he gives us perceptive glimpses of Chinese culture, ancient to contemporary, and into what it means to be a poet, both now and twelve centuries ago. The account of his quest to find Han Shan's cave is a delight from beginning to end.”
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“Everyone carries with them at least one piece to someone else's puzzle.”
Source : Lawrence Kushner (1998). “Eyes remade for wonder: a Lawrence Kushner reader”, Jewish Lights Pub
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“First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn't be surprised about that. Criticizing government is a God-given right - at least in democracies.”
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“Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible. Once you start believing in yourself, your dreams take shape. The more you believe, the more you achieve.”
Source : Martina Navratilova (2007). “Shape Your Self: My 6-Step Diet and Fitness Plan to Achieve the Best Shape of Your Life”, p.18, Rodale
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“Dear Mr Skully, I have caught my neck in a mangle and will be indisposed for eternity. Yours in death S.D.”
Source : J. P. Donleavy (2010). “The Ginger Man”, p.158, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.”
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“The man is a monster. The worst I have ever seen, in fact, since I last looked in the mirror. The truth? I am rotting too. I am buried alive, and already rotting. If I was not such a coward I would kill myself, but I am, and so I must content myself with killing others in the hope that one day, if I can only wade deep enough in blood, I will come out clean.”
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“I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.”