

“In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant… My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
“The sound of the Gion Shoja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that to flourish is to fall. The proud do not endure, like a passing dream on a night in spring; the mighty fall at last, to be no more than dust before the wind.”
― The Tale of the Heike
― The Tale of the Heike

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
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“Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.”
― In Search of Lost Time
― In Search of Lost Time
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