No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live… - Amy Tan

That is the problem with modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an inkstone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, What are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? I

We all had our miseries. But to despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable.
-Suyuan

The best life you can have as you get into old age is good food, good teeth to eat it with, and few worries when you go to bed at night.