Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu (10th and 11th century Japanese novelist)

"We all have our own destiny, and no one knows where it will lead."

• From Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, translated by Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics, 2003).

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