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"Conservation of one's own strength; destruction of enemy strength." A military policy based on this axiom is consonant with a national policy directed towards the building of a free and prosperous Chinese state and the destruction of Japanese imperialism. It is the furtherance of this policy that government applies its military strength.

The first step starts in the public consciousness. “The moment that this war of resistance dissociates itself from the masses of the people is the precise moment that it dissociates itself from hope of ultimate victory.”

Komako is unhinged and Shinamura is stoic and annoying but the writing is so beautiful and their interactions so subtle that I can’t help but enjoy their stupid, doomed relationship!

just ordered a bunch of thrifted books to treat myself for my birthday, i am so excited :') i got snow country, mao zedong on guerilla warfare, anti-oedipus, some prefer nettles, and the pillow book!

Pere Matthieu my beloved… It has been a long time since I found myself so fond of a secondary character to the point it eclipses my fondness for the two protagonists, whom I also love

If I didn’t have ichthyophobia before (i did), i certainly do now (i am shaken to my core)

I have never been so frightened of a fictional creature before but I genuinely do not think I’ll sleep well tonight. Which is a testament to how well written and moving this writing is, and also to how easily influenced I am by my lifelong irrational phobia of large fish 😭

i'm taking an interdisciplinary course on zadie smith works and only zadie smith works. i'll be reading a bit of her stuff. while i tend to hyperfocus on a single author i like (i.e. mishima), i'd like to clarify: this upcoming "fixation" is not an autonomous choice of mine.

hello darkness my old friend. i have to read this bs again for my brit lit class. lord have mercy.