“there is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.”
― The Book of Five Rings
― The Book of Five Rings
“Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
“That is perhaps what we seek throughout life, that and nothing more, the greatest possible sorrow so as to become fully ourselves before dying.”
― Journey to the End of the Night
― Journey to the End of the Night
“Don't ask me, I'm British.”
― Beyond Enkription
― Beyond Enkription
“I warn you that when the princes of this world start loving you it means they are going to grind you up into battle sausage.”
― Journey to the End of the Night
― Journey to the End of the Night
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