Bonsai of Thoughts (Translated)

Bonsai of Thoughts: One Hundred Eighty-One

1. : Do you have time?
: That depends on what you need the time for.

2. Have you ever loved so much
that you haven't lost everything?

3. When the bodies of the dead vanish,
then begins the search for their bones.

4. One I never saw alive—
when he dies,
is he too dead in our eyes?

5. If you must leave someday,
on that day
go having mastered the art of forgetting.

6. Is a corpse just ash...
what does it matter?

7. No, no, this cannot be you!
No, no, I cannot be so blind!

8. All day long she torments me.
On days she doesn't torment me,
all day long she torments herself.
Because I love her, I want to suffer.

9. No war was fought, yet
where the enemy retreated,
there love made its home.

10. One day
everyone becomes alone and destitute.

11. The poor fellow hurled some questions and fled,
lacking the courage to hear their answers!

12. Speak less
if you want to be happier.

13. Do only those who love
receive sorrow?
Or do only those who don't want happiness
truly love?

14. Each love affair unfolds,
its outcome inevitable;
though they believe
their love is utterly different.

15. The woman who undresses for love
loses everything.
The woman who undresses for lust
gains everything.

16. My room is like me.
Either accept it,
or don't come.

17. Those who get to eat
don't open their mouths...
lest the food escape!

18. Climbing and descending broken stairs;
the eternal indifference of stairs.

19. One more timid than you—
why do you fear him so much,
needlessly boosting his confidence?

20. One who returns
long after leaving
is as much a friend
as lover.
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