Nothing in the world is difficult,' said the Patriarch, 'it is only our own thoughts that make things seem so. - Arthur Waley

Suddenly they saw a body in the water, drifting rapidly down stream. Tripitaka stared at it in consternation. Monkey laughed. 'Don't be frightened, Master,' he said. 'That's you.' And Pigsy said, 'It's you, it's you.' Sandy clapped his hands. 'It's you, it's you,' he cried. The ferryman too joined in the chorus. 'There you go!' he cried. 'My best congratulations.'

Ceaseless as the interminable voices of the bell-cricket, all night till dawn my tears flow.

Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams.