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“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

“«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

“Se il tuo avversario ha una giusta causa per morire, tanto meglio.”
― Paul Dale, The Dark Lord's Handbook

“I am ancient, diddicoy. But there are certain privileges that come with age. One is that we can be ugly and everyone must suffer it.”
― Hillary Monahan, The Hollow Girl