Edzy

“It is very unkind of you to feel this way. Any woman should properly yield, it seems to me, even a complete stranger, because that is the way of the world.... All I desire is solace from the flood of memories that overwhelms me.”
― Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji

“I hope that I am making myself understood. The Golden Temple once more appeared before me. Or rather, I should say that the breast was transformed into the Golden Temple.”
― Yukio Mishima

“To hold the garden’s fragrance in one vase, And see all autumn in a single spray?”
― Cao Xueqin, The Crab-Flower Club

“Most writers are perfectly normal in the head and just carry on like wild men; I behave normally but I'm sick inside.”
― Yukio Mishima