I was blown away when I found a lone purple flowering plant that had taken root in ground that was completely blocked off by thick asphalt. The roots had broken through and now it was thriving. I wonder how something like this is possible. It seems like it would be more difficult than a karate master breaking through ten concrete tiles.
-Yumi Yoshimoto, “The Names Of The Roadside Plants“
アスファルトで固め尽くされた立ち入り禁止の空間に、独りぼっちで根を張っていた１本（１根？）のムラサキカタバミを見たときは、驚愕した。
分厚いアスファルトを突き破って生えているのだ。
どうしてそんなことができたのか。
どう考えても空手の人が瓦１０枚割るより大変なような気がする。
ーー吉本由美さんが『みちくさの名前。』の中で