In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did offended someone.


Murasaki Shikibu

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Not only did
I love her,
but I could tell
the universe loved
her, too.
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