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Murasaki Shikibu,MyBooks Classics

The Tale of Genji

  • hihi hihas quoted2 years ago
    He cannot think of anything he has done to arouse such resentment, he says, and so he must live with resentment which seems without proper cause
  • hihi hihas quoted2 years ago
    as the mad wanderings of a heart that is darkness
  • hihi hihas quoted2 years ago
    I knew that another sort of life would be happier for a girl without strong backing, but I could not forget his wishes and sent her to court as I had promised
  • hihi hihas quoted2 years ago
    The heart of a bereaved parent may not be darkness, perhaps, but a quiet talk from time to time would do much to bring light.
  • hihi hihas quoted2 years ago
    child languishing in this house of tears
  • hihi hihas quoted2 years ago
    autumn winds tore threateningly at the garden. Only the rays of the moon managed to make their way through the tangles.
  • hihi hihas quoted2 years ago
    was for just such an occasion, they remarked to one another, that the phrase “how well one knows” had been invented.

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  • hihi hihas quoted2 years ago
    he had not had the courage of his resolve to appoint her an imperial consort, and he wished to make amends by promoting her one rank
  • hihi hihas quoted2 years ago
    her detractors were numerous and alert to the slightest inadvertency
  • Artyom Yukhinhas quoted2 years ago
    The carriage was pulled up and Myōbu alighted.

    Карета подъехала, и Мьебу вышла

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