Miran

“A thick layer of cloud hung above the Sumida River. From the window of the little steamer, he watched the Mukōjima bank drawing closer. To his eyes, the blossoming cherry trees looked as dreary as rags in a row. But almost before he knew it, in those trees - those cherry trees that had lined the bank of Mukōjima since the Edo Period - he was beginning to discover himself.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Life of a Stupid Man

“My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, White Nights

“We all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little.”
― Oscar Wilde, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

“Conversation is one of the loveliest of the arts.”
― Oscar Wilde, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast