The Haze of Stone in the Eyes

1. What a person truly is becomes clear only in the hour of want.

2. When money slips from your hands, you ache only for money; yet the moment you have slightly more than you need, you begin to ache for everything in the world except money!

3. The person who can keep their composure even in the grip of scarcity—that is the one with genuine refinement.

4. The person whose eyes speak is the most magnetic.

5. Our own thoughts and consciousness shift with age, so why can't we accept the equally natural fact that those close to us will change?

6. The moment rain arrives is not half as beautiful as the moment spent waiting for it.

7. Even the most restless soul will one day grow calm, seized by some desire or other, or merely perform the theatre of peace.

8. Neglect is like a game of pillow-passing—it must change hands.

9. The faded, blackened hair of a beloved is infinitely more alluring than the thick, lustrous locks of a wife cascading down her waist.

10. The soul dies before the body does—and when it dies in youth especially, the eyes of such a person behold the true face of the world.