Anne Carson

Beginnings are special
because most of them are fake.
The new person you become
with that first sip of wine
was already there.

Like many a wife I boosted the husband up to Godhood and held him there.
What is strength?
Opposition of friends or family merely toughens it.

Ōe says
many children were told and some believed that when the war was over
the emperor would wipe away their tears
with his own hand.