Ueda Akinari quotes
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“Though I cannot flee from the world of corruption, I can prepare tea with water from a mountain stream and put my heart to rest”
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“Without a constant livelihood, there will be no constant heart.”
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“In friendship, bond not with a shallow man.”
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“Shape I may take, converse I may, but neither god nor Buddha am I, rather an insensate being whose heart thus differs from that of man.”
-- Ueda AkinariSource : "Tales of Moonlight and Rain". Book by Ueda Akinari, www.newyorker.com. 1776.
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“The moon glows on the river, wind rustles the pines. Long night clear evening--what are they for?”
-- Ueda Akinari
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“No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.”
Source : A. C. Green (1994). “Victory”, Creation House
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Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.126, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.”
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