"On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening"

-- Matsuo Basho

#Autumn Quotes #Crow Quotes #Evening Quotes

“One word defines the essence of surfing better for me than any other â€” stoke . One of the best things about stoke is that you can pass it along to someone who has never heard the expression.”

Source : Shaun Tomson, Patrick J. Moser (2006). “Surfer's Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life”, p.134, Gibbs Smith
“I am transgender, so 'he' is not appropriate and 'she' is problematic. I haven't been one to wage war with society to force people to address me a certain way. I let people make that decision for themselves. I don't identify as a man, so 'he' is silly in a way. Being called 'she' as a trans person, trans in the sense that I'm trans, is to be honoured in an aspect of yourself.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Feed sparingly and defy the physician.”
“If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will abolish us from the earth.”
“Let me be to my sad self hereafter kind.”

Source : Peter Pouncey (2010). “Rules For Old Men Waiting”, p.20, Random House
“In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.”
“It took me 36 years to be able to be by myself and like it.”
“I'm not Pollyanna - I know that my personality and my opinions and how I approach the teaching of writing maybe isn't exactly how it's done traditionally in the academy...wherever that academy is...but, you know, the academy is broken as it relates to many creative writing programs.”

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