Leza Lowitz
Goodreads Author
Born
San Francisco, The United States
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
any book that turns my world around
Member Since
October 2009
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/ninjagrrl
Up From the Sea
6 editions
—
published
2016
—
|
|
|
Jet Black and the Ninja Wind
by
6 editions
—
published
2013
—
|
|
|
Yoga Poems: Lines to Unfold By
by
8 editions
—
published
2000
—
|
|
|
Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras
2 editions
—
published
2015
—
|
|
|
Sacred Sanskrit Words: For Yoga, Chant, and Meditation
by
4 editions
—
published
2004
—
|
|
|
A Long Rainy Season: Haiku and Tanka
by
—
published
1994
|
|
|
Yoga Heart: Lines on the Six Perfections
by
5 editions
—
published
2011
—
|
|
|
Other Side River: Free Verse
by
3 editions
—
published
1995
—
|
|
|
In Search of the Sun: One Woman's Quest to Find Family in Japan
|
|
|
Green Tea To Go: Stories from Tokyo
—
published
2004
|
|
“If you weren't scared,
you wouldn't be human,
you wouldn't be brave."
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"If you were fearless,
you wouldn't
need to overcome it.
Bravery means being scared
and going forward
anyway," Fia says.
"That's courage.”
― Up From the Sea
you wouldn't be human,
you wouldn't be brave."
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"If you were fearless,
you wouldn't
need to overcome it.
Bravery means being scared
and going forward
anyway," Fia says.
"That's courage.”
― Up From the Sea
“Like the best convenience store in the world, / the mind is always open.”
― Yoga Heart: Lines on the Six Perfections
― Yoga Heart: Lines on the Six Perfections
Topics Mentioning This Author
topics | posts | views | last activity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
WACKY READING CHA...: MOUNT SERIES TBR: SPAIN | 171 | 50 | Aug 21, 2021 06:58AM | |
WACKY READING CHA...: 21X21 Challenge | 162 | 96 | Feb 13, 2022 07:37PM | |
Aussie Readers: Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books | 571 | 332 | Jan 01, 2024 12:51AM | |
Crazy Challenge C...: Wordle Strategy Challenge | 124 | 91 | Jan 03, 2024 05:14PM | |
Grab a Book & Pla...: January 2023 Scavenger Hunt | 29 | 19 | Feb 02, 2024 11:24AM | |
WACKY READING CHA...: Gotta Catch 'em All - Pokemon Generation 1 | 276 | 61 | Sep 12, 2024 09:18AM |
“To the woman in the restaurant today, the doll in her arms was the real child who still lived in her memories.”
― J-Boys: Kazuo's World, Tokyo, 1965
― J-Boys: Kazuo's World, Tokyo, 1965
“From New Year's Eve through the third of January, the streets of Tokyo grew quiet, as if all the people had disappeared.”
― J-Boys: Kazuo's World, Tokyo, 1965
― J-Boys: Kazuo's World, Tokyo, 1965
“Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.”
―
―
“Many of us imagine carrying out dramatic changes in impoverished places, but few have the patience for the small, time-consuming, and seemingly endless details that make it possible.”
―
―
“The wind blew stronger. Masakichi had to walk into its resistance, but his pace did not slow. The further he went, the faster he moved, soundlessly and forcefully. The earth smelled like rain. He had to find a way out. Alive.
His grandfather Jinzaemon had taught him how to find a straight path, even in the wind. Jinzaemon was born in 1848, twenty years before Japan first opened its doors to the West. He had taught Masakichi all about ninjutsu. “If you want to go straight against the wind, find a path in its folds and pass through it,” he had said, al- though he’d never actually taught his grandson how to find it. Still, Masakichi had begged him.
“Even if I teach you where the path is, you won’t be able to see it because the wind is always changing. If I show you the path in the wind one minute, the wind will shift and the path will disappear the next.”
“Then how do I find it?” Masakichi had asked, worried he’d never be able to do it.
“You must find it anew each time,” his grandfather smiled. “The only way to see the path in the wind is to become the wind itself.”
― Jet Black and the Ninja Wind
His grandfather Jinzaemon had taught him how to find a straight path, even in the wind. Jinzaemon was born in 1848, twenty years before Japan first opened its doors to the West. He had taught Masakichi all about ninjutsu. “If you want to go straight against the wind, find a path in its folds and pass through it,” he had said, al- though he’d never actually taught his grandson how to find it. Still, Masakichi had begged him.
“Even if I teach you where the path is, you won’t be able to see it because the wind is always changing. If I show you the path in the wind one minute, the wind will shift and the path will disappear the next.”
“Then how do I find it?” Masakichi had asked, worried he’d never be able to do it.
“You must find it anew each time,” his grandfather smiled. “The only way to see the path in the wind is to become the wind itself.”
― Jet Black and the Ninja Wind