Quotes by : Murasaki Shikibu

Well, we never expected this!" they all say. "No one liked her. They all said she was pretentious, awkward,....

You are here to remind me of someone I long for, and what is it you long for yourself? We must have been....

The number of those who have nothing to recommend them and of those in whom nothing but good can be found....

There is much to be said for cherry blossoms, but they seem so flighty. They are so quick to run off....

Did not we vow that we would neither of us be either before or after the other even in travelling the....

It is so rare to find someone of true understanding; for the most part they judge purely by their own....

To be pleasant, gentle, calm and self-possessed: this is the basis of good taste and charm in a woman.....

Ceaseless as the interminable voices of the bell-cricket, all night till dawn my tears flow.

When my brother,…, was a young boy learning the Chinese classics, I was in the habit of listening with....

No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward....