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Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu Quotes

Novelist

The author of 'The Tale of Genji,' a renowned female novelist from the Heian period of Japan, born around 973 AD.

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Famous Murasaki Shikibu Quotes

“How strange a thing is the heart of man!”

Men Heart Strange

Book:The Tale of Genji

Source: The Tale of Genji

“I have a theory of my own about what the art of the novel is, and how it came into being....It happens because the storyteller's own experience...has moved him to an emotion so passionate that he can no longer keep it shut up in his heart.”

Writing Heart Art Happens My Own Emotion Novel Theory Moved Passionate Shut Up Storyteller

Author:Murasaki Shikibu

“No penance can your hard heart find save such as you long since have taught me to endure”

Heart Long Hard Taught Endure Penance

Book:The Tale of Genji

Source: The Tale of Genji

“How much the more in judging of the human heart should we distrust all fashionable airs and graces, all tricks and smartness, learnt only to please the outward gaze”

Should Humans Heart Grace Air Judging Please Tricks Human Heart Distrust Fashionable Smartness

Book:The Tale of Genji

Source: The Tale of Genji

About the Author

Born: 973
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 44

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The Tale of GenjiRelated source material

Blue trousers. The lady of the boat. The bridge of dreamsRelated source material

The Diary of Lady MurasakiRelated source material

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Diaries of Court Ladies of Old JapanRelated source material

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