#japan

The line between him and the enemy had simultaneously blurred and solidified. Somehow, while perhaps it shouldn't have, this thought provided a strange sense of peace. ↗

— Kristina McMorris

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#peace #philosophy #war #wisdom #world-war-ii

By almost every account he's a fine young man. I'm simply trying to figure out why I should care that he's three centimeters taller than he was in May. ↗

— John Burnham Schwartz

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#empress #japan #love #schwartz #the-commoner