Monday, February 12, 2018

Murasaki Shikibu


Muraski Shikibu (10-11th century Japanese writer)

"Sorrows are the way of this fickle world."
  • From Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji (chapter 36), translated by Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics, 2003).


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