Monday, September 25, 2017

Murasaki Shikibu


Murasaki Shikibu (10th and 11th century)

"You would be wiser to keep your own counsel and take things the way they really are."
  • From Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji (Chapter 34), translated by Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics, 2003).


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