Ruth Ozeki Quote

Yes, I told her. I'm angry, so what?..... I went on, giving her an executive summary of my crappy life.....So of course I feel angry, I said angrily. What do you expect? It was a stupid thing to ask.Yes, she agreed. It was a stupid thing to ask. I see that you're angry. I don't need to ask such a stupid thing to understand that.So why did you ask?Slowly she turned herself around, pivoting on her knees, until finally she was facing me, I asked for you, she said.For me?So you could hear the answer.

Ruth Ozeki

Yes, I told her. I'm angry, so what?..... I went on, giving her an executive summary of my crappy life.....So of course I feel angry, I said angrily. What do you expect? It was a stupid thing to ask.Yes, she agreed. It was a stupid thing to ask. I see that you're angry. I don't need to ask such a stupid thing to understand that.So why did you ask?Slowly she turned herself around, pivoting on her knees, until finally she was facing me, I asked for you, she said.For me?So you could hear the answer.

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About Ruth Ozeki

Ruth Ozeki (born March 12, 1956) is an American-Canadian author, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. Her books and films, including the novels My Year of Meats (1998), All Over Creation (2003), A Tale for the Time Being (2013), and The Book of Form and Emptiness (2021) seek to integrate personal narrative and social issues, and deal with themes relating to science, technology, environmental politics, race, religion, war and global popular culture. Her novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. She teaches creative writing at Smith College, where she is the Grace Jarcho Ross 1933 Professor of Humanities in the Department of English Language and Literature.