First The Priests Arrive. Then

Of What Real Value Is A Title? The Power Is The Only Important Thing

Isn't It Only Laughter We Can Stay Human?

I Write Short Stories. They May Appear Big In Size, But When You Consider It, They're Four Or Five Novels In One... In Return For Picking Up One Of My Books, I'm Trying To Give Them Value For Their Money... The Goal Of Writing Any Book Is To Create The Illusion That What You Are Reading Is Reality And You're Part Of It.

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 Man But A Blossom Taken By Wind, And Only The Mountains And The Sea And The Stars And This Land Of The Gods Everlasting?