Murasaki Shikibu (c. 11th century)
"How sad and cruel it is, the way we cling to what lasts like evening dew!"
- From Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji (chapter 39), translated by Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics, 2003).
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