Murasaki Shikibu (10th and 11th century Japanese novelist)
"To the noble heart that aspires to soar aloft, high above the clouds,
depths of a thousand fathoms appear very far below."
- From Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji (Chapter 17), translated by Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics, 2003).
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