

“Law requires details, not gist. Details beget facts and facts and facts, judiciously set forth, become assassins.”
― The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
― The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

“Hell is hell because, there, evil passes unremarked upon.”
― The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
― The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

“I've met plenty of fancy people. They're too scared to have any real ambition”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko

“History has failed us, but no matter.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko

“His Presbyterian minster father had believed in a divine design, and Mozasu believed that life was like this game where the player could adjust the dials yet also expect the uncertainty of factors he couldn't control. He understood why his customers wanted to play something that looked fixed but which also left room for randomness and hope.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
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