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How was Gengo to know, Saigyo reflected, that this unheroic existence imposed even greater torment than the icy lashings of the Nachi Falls in its thousand-foot leap? How was Gengo to realize that Saigyo had not slept a single night undisturbed since he had fled his home for the Eastern Hills, that his sleep was haunted by the cries of his beloved daughter from whom he had torn himself. Who knew that during the day, when he went about his tasks of drawing water and chopping wood as he composed verses, the sighting of the wind in the treetops of the valleys below and the pines surrounding the temple sounded to him like the mourning of his young wife, and so troubled his nights that sleep no longer visited him? Never again would Saigyo find peace. He had wrenched asunder the living boughs of the tree that was his life. Remorse and compassion for his loved ones would dog him to the end of his days. ↗


— Eiji Yoshikawa


#the-heike-story #home

V shook his head. “Remember what you saw in that clearing, cop? How’d you like that anywhere near a female you loved?” Butch put down the Bud without drinking from it. His eyes traveled over Rhage’s body. “We’re going to need a shitload of steel,” the human muttered. ↗


— J.R. Ward


#humor #paranormal #rhage #romance #vampire

This is a mournful discovery. 1)Those who agree with you are insane 2)Those who do not agree with you are in power. ↗


— Philip K. Dick


#paranoia #humor

Hey, would you look at that shit?" I turned on my heel. The patrons who’d fled at the first hint of trouble had come back and were enjoying the spectacle. "Clear out!" I barked. They paid me no mind. Asshole innocent bystanders. ↗


— Ilona Andrews


#paranormal #humor

If you're like most members of the Baby Boom generation, you decided somewhere along the line, probably after about four margaritas, to have children. This was inevitable. Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income. ↗


— Dave Barry


#humor #parenting #humor

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large ego must be in want of a woman to cut him down to size ↗


— Melissa Nathan


#melissa-nathan #paraphrased #pride-and-prejudice #humor

Paranoia is just the bastard child of fear and good sense." (Charlie) "Poor thing. Let's adopt it, give it a last name and raise it right." (Jace) "You want to get it a puppy, too?" "Sure. We'll call it Panic. It and little Paranoia can play together at the park and scare the hell out of all the other kids. ↗


— D.D. Barant


#panic #paranoia #pets #humor

I might be half Derek's size, but I was the one who sounded like a two-hundred-pound beast plowing through the woods. ↗


— Kelley Armstrong


#paranormal-romance #supernatural #humor

Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust? Very nearly everyone, come to think of it... ↗


— Terry Pratchett


#humor #lies #propaganda #war #humor

The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that. ↗


— Steve Toltz


#humor #relativity #suspense #time #humor






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