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“Even when a river of tears
courses through
this body,
the flame of love
cannot be quenched.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
courses through
this body,
the flame of love
cannot be quenched.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.”
― Love and Living
― Love and Living
“Saraylar saltanatlar çöker
kan susar birgün
zulüm biter.
menekşeler de açılır üstümüzde
leylaklar da güler.
bugünlerden geriye,
bir yarına gidenler kalır
bir de yarınlar için direnenler...”
―
kan susar birgün
zulüm biter.
menekşeler de açılır üstümüzde
leylaklar da güler.
bugünlerden geriye,
bir yarına gidenler kalır
bir de yarınlar için direnenler...”
―
“You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
“Things I Want Decided
Which shouldn't exist
in this world,
the one who forgets
or the one
who is forgotten?
Which is better,
to love
one who has died
or not to see
each other when you're alive?
Which is better,
the distant lover
you long for
or the one you see daily
without desire?
Which is the least unreliable
among fickle things —
the swift rapids,
a flowing river,
or this human world?”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Which shouldn't exist
in this world,
the one who forgets
or the one
who is forgotten?
Which is better,
to love
one who has died
or not to see
each other when you're alive?
Which is better,
the distant lover
you long for
or the one you see daily
without desire?
Which is the least unreliable
among fickle things —
the swift rapids,
a flowing river,
or this human world?”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
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