Josh Koehn

“The library was a great sprawling complex with rolls and rolls of paper tucked into many shelves. Between the reading rooms were courtyards with living fountains and singing birds and butterflies that would transform into handsome young women to guide or entertain anyone who stayed there any length of time. I saw one among the stacks, explaining an older style of calligraphy to the newly appointed Heavenly Marine Official of the South China Sea. In another wing, a librarian stepped from her chrysalis for the first time, reciting T’ang Dynasty poetry to the flowers. That’s how I knew I was in the right section.”
― Larissa Lai, Salt Fish Girl

“告诉我你读了什么，我就会告诉你你的思考方式。”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Countless words
count less
than the silent balance
between yin and yang”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“The effect of tea is cooling and as a beverage it is most suitable. It is especially fitting for persons of self-restraint and inner worth.”
― Lu Yu, The Classic of Tea: Origins & Rituals