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It was because he despised himself that he refused to accept openheartedly the intimacy of others. I feel great pity for him.
“Why do you grieve so uselessly? Every uncertainty is the result of a certainty. There is nothing in this world really to be lamented.”
― The Tale of Genji
― The Tale of Genji
“This I want to believe implicitly: Man was born for love and revolution.”
― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
“I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.”
― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
“You are here to remind me of someone I long for, and what is it you long for yourself? We must have been together in an earlier life, you and I.”
― The Tale of Genji
― The Tale of Genji
“I wonder if there is anyone who is not depraved. A wearisome thought.
I want money. Unless I have it....
In my sleep, a natural death!”
― The Setting Sun
I want money. Unless I have it....
In my sleep, a natural death!”
― The Setting Sun
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