Maki卷

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink, I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. 

~Thoreau, Walden. 

要是大海中有杨柳的话，我真想投身于月影中死掉。

~泉镜花，《歌行灯》

有点异曲同工的感觉。