It's Always Important To Take

You Never Know . . . That's What Makes Life Interesting.

How Baffling It Was That Even The Most Cunning And Clever People Would Frequently See Only What They Wanted To See, And Would Rarely Look Beyond The Thinnest Of Facades. Or They Would Ignore Reality, Dismissing It As The Facade. And Then, When Their Whole World Fell To Pieces...they Would Tear Their Topknots Or Rend Their Clothes And Bewail Their Karma, Blaming Gods Or Kami Or Luck Or Their Lords Or Husbands Or Vassals-anything Or Anyone-but Never Themselves.

Love Is A Christian Word, Anjin-san. Love Is A Christian Thought, A Christian Ideal. We Have No Word For 'love' As I Understand You To Mean It. Duty, Loyalty, Honor, Respect, Desire, Those Words And Thoughts Are What We Have, All That We Need.

Isn't It Only Laughter We Can Stay Human?

What Are Clouds, But An Excuse For The Sky? What Is Life, But An Escape From Death?