Kai

“The impediment to action advances action.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Meditations

“Life is indeed short, as they say, but one day can seem very long.”
― Royall Tyler, The Tale of the Heike (Penguin Classics)

“Chrysanthemum dew from the morning we both knew in life together moistens for me this autumn sleeves that I must wear alone.”
― Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji

“It is almost dawn, a short step away from that uncanny threshold between nighttime and daylight. It is the only time in which it is still possible to find solace in dreams and yet too late to build them anew.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul