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Murasaki Shikibu

 

Murasaki Shikibu (10th-11th century)

“The sun and moon never turn back. No one escapes old age.”

  • From Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji (chapter 35), translated by Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics, 2003).

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