Quote Pictures Murasaki Shikibu By thehistorianshut - February 13, 2018 Facebook Twitter ReddIt Pinterest Tumblr Email Muraski Shikibu (10-11th century Japanese writer) “Sorrows are the way of this fickle world.” From Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji (chapter 36), translated by Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics, 2003). Like this:Like Loading...