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“Soon winter would come, and with it, the snow and the feeling that I’d never be warm again.”
― Hillary Monahan, The Hollow Girl

“Ricorda una cosa: sono tutti una manica di deficienti!”
― Paul Dale, The Dark Lord's Handbook

“«Like a fossil tree
From which we gather no flowers
Sad has been my life
Fated no fruit to produce.»

Death poem composed by Minamoto Yorimasa immediately before his act of seppuku in the Byodo-in temple of Uji.”
― Stephen Turnbull, Samurai: The Japanese Warrior's [Unofficial] Manual

“Strength comes in many guises, Bethan. Knowing yourself, your limitations—knowing what you will and will not do, following your heart—that is strength. Enduring what you endured and still being merciful and hopeful? Also strength.”
― Hillary Monahan, The Hollow Girl