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"This is beyond your jurisdiction. It is a temporal matter, not a spiritual one."
"The position of the Church here is, regrettably, so intermixed with politics and with the silk trade, that everything touches the safety of the Church. And while I live, by my hope of salvation, no one will jeopardize the future of the Mother Church here!"

Your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.

Samurai should be well versed in the arts of peace to be strong in the arts of war. Q

The day was incredibly cool and sweet, the clouds meandering before a fine southeasterly wind.

He inhaled deep draughts of the clean, glorious air and blood surged through his veins. The joy of life possessed him.

They lust for power, power at any cost. They hide behind a net of poverty and piousness, but underneath, they feed like kings and amass fortunes.

How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now.

"A wise mean prepares for treachery, yeah? There are evil men in every province. Some are in high places. We both know the limitless extent of treachery in the hearts of men."

"Yes, I am your enemy, Captain-Pilot John Blackthorne. Completely. But not your assassin. That you will do yourself."

"Can you swim?"
"Yes."
"Good. I never learned. Too dangerous. Better to drown quickly than slow, eh?" Rodrigues shuddered involuntarily.
"Blessed Madonna, protect me from a water grave! This [ship] is going to get to harbor tonight. Has to."

Is it only a night ago that I was here and terrified on the Night of Screams?