My friend Linh bought me a journal for my birthday last year. On the cover it says "A Journal With Words of Thich Nhat Hanh, Finding Our True Home." Thich Nhat Hanh is a poet, Zen master, and peace activist who was nominated by Martin Luther King Jr. for the Nobel Peace Prize. In exile from his native Vietnam since 1966, he lives in Plum Village, the meditation community he founded in southwestern France. As of today the journal is about 1/4 of the way filled with my poetry, potential song lyrics, and other assorted ramblings. Every other page or so there's a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh, and it's interesting to compare his words with mine. Some of my favorites:

Thich Nhat Hanh: Seeing and loving always go together...Great understanding goes with great compassion.
Tom: Well...I'm stuck in this house all day long, so I don't really have much to compare myself to.

Thich Nhat Hanh: If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.
Tom: One day in Women's Studies class I was thinking about pornography.

Thich Nhat Hanh: By making peace with our parents, in us we have a chance to make real peace with ourselves.
Tom: I came to the body of the dying girl and laid down beside her.

Thich Nhat Hanh: A smile refreshes your whole being and strengthens your practice. Don't be afraid to smile.
Tom: I fantasize about fucking a girl who understands.

Thich Nhat Hanh: Please make yourself into someone we can rely on.
Tom: It was everything I needed to fall completely in lust.

Thich Nhat Hanh: Follow your breathing, dwell mindfully on your steps, and soon you will find your balance. Visualize a tiger walking slowly, and you will find that your steps become as majestic as hers.

Tom: I slid my cock halfway in. It was tight, gloriously tight. She gasped and held me even tighter. I pushed it the rest of the way in and paused. My cock stiffened more than I ever imagined it could, utterly filling the sweet, hot, moist cavity of her vagina. I brought it out, slowly, then pushed it back in again. It became too much for me and I did the only thing I could do: I ravished her. I tore her apart with all the skill I could muster. She came before me in a beautiful, back-arching spasm and when it was my turn, I came with a powerful, surging force, my seed utterly filling the confines of her exquisite cunt.