Ulkona alkaa
sadella, pehmeästi.
Minä kuuntelen.
Käännän lampun seinään päin
niin tulee hämärämpää.

Fushimi Tennō

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Miekkani nostan,
tämän miekan niin kauan
omistamani:
on vihdoinkin aika se
singota taivasta päin.

Sen no Rikyū

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Welcome to thee,
O sword of eternity!
Through Buddha
And through Daruma alike
Thou hast cleft thy way.

Kakuzō Okakura

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When you're a kid, getting lost isn't just an event or a situation, it's like a career move. You get this thrill of anxiety and fear and a feeling that you've done something that can never be undone.

Ryū Murakami

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He invited me to his apartment in the wee hours one morning and pulled out a set of children's building blocks. It seems he used to ride around and around on the Yamanote Line with them, building castles on the floor of the train.

Ryū Murakami

Tags: japan japanese train japanese-literature yamanote



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When you're in an extreme situation you tend to avoid facing it by getting caught up in little details. Like a guy who's decided to commit suicide and boards a train only to become obsessed with whether he remembered to lock the door when he left home.

Ryū Murakami

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Lady #1, Maki, had never once given any thought to what was really right for her in her life, simply believing that if she surrounded herself with super-exclusive things, she'd become a super-exclusive person.

Ryū Murakami

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They needed a reason why a little kid would commit murder, someone or something to point the finger at, and I think they were relieved when they hit upon horror movies as the culprit. But there's no reason a child commits murder, just as there's no reason a child gets lost. What would it be - because his parents weren't watching him? That's not a reason, it's just a step in the process.

Ryū Murakami

Tags: murder japan japanese horror-movies japanese-literature



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Everything in my life revolves around people playing at being something.

Banana Yoshimoto

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You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own.

Koushun Takami

Tags: life inspirational self-esteem self-worth self-confidence japanese serious battle-royale intrinsic-value



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