Quotes by : Murasaki Shikibu

Let us be sure that the lady of our choice possesses certain tangible qualities that we admire; and if....

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....

The bond between husband and wife is a strong one. Suppose the man had hunted her out and brought her....

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

Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams.

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

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

The wood-carver can fashion whatever he will. Yet his products are but toys of the moment, to be glanced....

You that in far-off countries of the sky can dwell secure, look back upon me here; for I am weary of....