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“Moments like this are buds on the tree of life. Flowers of darkness they are.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“I would prefer not to.”
― Bartleby the Scrivener
― Bartleby the Scrivener
“Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk.”
― The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
― The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“The sound of the Gion Shoja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that to flourish is to fall. The proud do not endure, like a passing dream on a night in spring; the mighty fall at last, to be no more than dust before the wind.”
― The Tale of the Heike
― The Tale of the Heike
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