“Now I was a tiger that neither pounced nor lay waiting between the trees. I became an unseen spirit.”

“I was the daughter of my father's wife. I spoke in a trembly voice. I became pale, ill, and more thin. I let myself become a wounded animal. I let the hunter come to me and turn me into a tiger ghost. I willingly gave up my chi , the spirit that caused me so much pain.Now I was a tiger that neither pounced nor lay waiting between the trees. I became an unseen spirit.”

“I am neither I nor the other oneI am something in between”

“I simply had to believe in a Spirit of the Universe, who knew neither time nor limitation.”

“I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.”

“Lina said to Fundevogel: 'Never leave me, and I will never leave you.' Fundevogel said: 'Neither now, nor ever.' Then said Lina: 'Do you become a rose-tree, and I the rose upon it.”