“She remembered Chiyo telling her that finding one's match was like finding one's other half. Mariko had never understood the notion.
She was not a half. She was wholly her own.”
― Flame in the Mist
She was not a half. She was wholly her own.”
― Flame in the Mist
“Beautiful words were beautiful words, even to the most practical of minds.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
“Are you ever angry you were born a woman?"
"I've never been angry to have been born a woman. There have been times I've been angry at how the world treats us.”
― Flame in the Mist
"I've never been angry to have been born a woman. There have been times I've been angry at how the world treats us.”
― Flame in the Mist
“In this age of decadence that we live in, people's minds are twisted and only words are loved but not preactial deeds.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
“There is such strength in being a woman. But it is a strength you must choose for yourself. No one can choose it for you. We can bend the wind to our ear if we would only try.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
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