Narrow Road to the Interior Quotes

“Sadly, I part from you;
Like a clam torn from its shell,
I go, and autumn too.”
― Matsuo Basho, Narrow Road to the Interior

“The past remains hidden in clouds of memory.”
― Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings

“The moon and sun are eternal travelers. Even the years wander on. A lifetime adrift in a boat or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. —Bashō: Oku-no-hosomichi”
― Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings

“A warbler singing— somewhere beyond the willow, before the thicket”
― Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings

“Lonely stillness— a single cicada’s cry sinking into stone”
― Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings

“On the coldest night, we two sleeping together— how comfortable!”
― Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings

“Spring passes
and the birds cry out—tears
in the eyes of fishes”
― Bashō Matsuo, Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings

“Under one roof, courtesans and monks asleep— moon and bush clover”
― Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings