“The cherry blossoms
have faded now in hue -
gazing emptily
upon the long spring rains,
I too know what it is to age.”
―
have faded now in hue -
gazing emptily
upon the long spring rains,
I too know what it is to age.”
―
“The typical American preferred the canned version of philosophy found in how-to manuals, but even average Frenchmen and Vietnamese cherished a love of knowledge.”
― The Committed
― The Committed
“while the northerners offered a utopia that could be found nowhere, the southerners had created a Fantasia that could be experienced everywhere”
― The Committed
― The Committed
“Seeing the moonlight
Spilling down
Through these trees,
My heart fills to the brim
With autumn.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Spilling down
Through these trees,
My heart fills to the brim
With autumn.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“This heart,
Longing for you,
Breaks
To a thousand pieces-
I wouldn’t lose one.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Longing for you,
Breaks
To a thousand pieces-
I wouldn’t lose one.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
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