Vasiliki

“Within the sphere of English fiction Heathcliff stands alone. Therefore, if we do not understand him, then it is highly probable we were never intended to do so, so that we should try to realize and accept the fact that there may be just one or two things yet left in heaven and earth not dreamt of by our philosophy.”
― Eleanor Mcnees, The Bronte Sisters: Critical Assessments

“Full moonlight slowly envelopes a depopulated village”
― Yuka Ebihara

“Blossoms unseen so many perished in the great tsunami”
― Sonosuke Takahashi

“Trust the Oak,” said she; “trust the Oak, and the Elm, and the great Beech. Take care of the Birch, for though she is honest, she is too young not to be changeable. But shun the Ash and the Alder; for the Ash is an ogre,—you will know him by his thick fingers; and the Alder will smother you with her web of hair, if you let her near you at night.”
― George MacDonald, Phantastes