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....

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

People make a great deal of the flowers of spring and the leaves of autumn, but for me a night like this,....

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....