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The Samurai

by Shūsaku Endō

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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
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“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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― Ernest Hemingway

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