“The ancients waited for cherry blossoms, grieved when they were gone, and lamented their passing in countless poems. How very ordinary the poems had seemed to Sachiko when she read them as a girl, but now she knew, as well as one could know, that grieving over fallen cherry blossoms was more than a fad or convention.” KnowsWellsGirlGoneOrdinaryPassingPassingsFallenGrievingConventionsCherriesFadsCherry Blossom Book:The Makioka Sisters Source: The Makioka Sisters
“I have fallen in love with all sorts of girls and I fully intend to go on doing so.” LoveGirlGoes OnFallen Author:Jacques Charles