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Nahoko Uehashi

Nahoko Uehashi Books

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Nahoko Uehashi is a renowned Japanese female fantasy novelist, born on July 15, 1962. Her works, mainly in the fantasy genre, have gained widespread popularity. Her representative works include 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind' and 'The Night is Short, Walk on Girl'.

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

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“[...] worrying about what other people think really holds back the imagination.”

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“Sometimes we hit the wrong notes like clashing echoes. Yet sometimes, just by chance, the notes we played for one another made unexpected music, like this. Her eyes filled with tears. As long as the life you have given me continues, let me stand on the shore of that great abyss and play. Let me pluck my harp, note by note, and speak to the creatures of earth and sky, so that I may hear music as yet unknown.”

Life Nature Relationship Harmony

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“But I despise the way you use the word ‘sin’ to manipulate others.” Feelings locked deep inside her suddenly rushed from her mouth as if a dam had been broken. “You use that word to paralyze the mind, just like we use the Silent Whistle to freeze the Beasts and Toda. I can’t bear to see people bind others like that.”

Sin Control Manipulation

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“A good teacher is not one who never doubts, but rather one who strives to keep on learning despite the doubts in her mind.”

Learning Teaching

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“Sometimes, we hit the wrong notes like clashing echoes. Yet sometimes, just by chance, the notes we played for one another made unexpected music, like this.”

Book:The Beast Player

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“In the past, he had never questioned the fact that he was a prince; like the fact that he was the child of his mother and father, it seemed like something that would never change. Yet look how easily he had lost that rank and privilege! A person's fortune could turn at any time.”

Change Privilege Birthright Fall From Grace

Book:Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

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“To eat or be eaten, to escape or be takena matter of utmost importance to the one concerned, yet it happens all the time and we don't even notice.”

Matter Happens Concerned Importance

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“I know what the world is like. Nobody does anything unless there's something in it for themselves. But there are some people who do more than they have to for what they get in return, and those people are kind right to the heart.”

People Knows World Heart Kind Doe Return

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“But look around at this world, how perfectly it's made. Flowers can't move, yet the insects come to them and spread their pollen. Trees can't move either, but birds and animals eat their fruit and carry their seeds far and wide.”

World Looks Made Moving Animal Tree This World Flower Bird Fruit Spread Wide Seeds Insects Pollen

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“Don't fret, boy. I'm not so foolish as to ridicule the myths and legends of other people. For countless generations, people, no matter where they're from, have been trying to understand this world of ours.”

People World Trying Has Beens Matter Boys Generations This World Myth Foolish Tolerance Legends Ridicule

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“I've become a lantern bearer, lighting the path this country will take.”

Country Path Lighting Lanterns

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Born: July 15, 1962
Known for: Writer
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