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Book cover for The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition
Taken as a story of human achievement, and human blindness, the discoveries in the sciences are among the great epics. Robert Oppenheimer
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Shion Miura
“No matter how poor he was at communicating with people, with books he could engage in deep, quiet dialogue.”
Shion Miura, The Great Passage

Mary Renault
“Oh, yes. I thought the god had more left for me to do; but one must be ready.” He touched my hand; his thanks had been wordless, but none the worse for that. “One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.” I answered, “That is the life of the gods, who only seem to die, like the sun at his setting. But do not ride too fast across the sky, and leave us all in darkness.” “One thing,” he said, “I’ve taken to heart from this. The water in the plains is poison. Do as I mean to do, and stick to wine.”
Mary Renault, The Persian Boy

Terry Hayes
“I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was duty.”
Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim

Shion Miura
“In that moment, the difference between agaru and noboru became clear. Words that had been floating in chaos swiftly grouped themselves into interlocking sets. In his mind’s eye he saw an agaru tower and a noboru tower, each one soaring high in perfect, beautiful balance. Forgetful of Kaguya’s presence in the room, forgetful of her invitation, he pursued the thoughts unfolding in his mind at bewildering speed. Controlling his excitement, he murmured, “That’s it. That’s it.” Agaru emphasized the place reached by upward movement, whereas noboru emphasized the process of upward movement. When inviting someone to “come on up for a cup of tea,” you used agaru, never noboru. That’s because the focus was on reaching a place suitable for drinking tea—the interior of the house, a step up from the outside—rather than the process of moving indoors. For “to climb a mountain,” the reverse was true; the correct verb was definitely noboru, as the emphasis was on the action of physically moving up the face of the mountain toward the summit, not just the moment of reaching the summit. Then what about that expression ten ni mo noboru kimochi (a feeling of rising to heaven)? Majime ruminated on the feeling he had experienced a moment before. Noboru was correct, not agaru, because his joy still had room to grow; he hadn’t yet attained heaven itself. Then he thought of something else.”
Shion Miura, The Great Passage

Kenley Davidson
“Shared pain was not lessened, but it was far easier to bear.”
Kenley Davidson, Traitor's Masque

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