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21 " I was running away,” Jimbo said.“From whom?”“From myself.”“A difficult endeavor,” Genji said. “Many have attempted it. None that I know of has succeeded. Did you?”“Yes, my lord,” Jimbo said. “I did. "
― Takashi Matsuoka , Cloud of Sparrows
22 " No sooner did Hide have this thought than he rejected it. He could no longer indulge in self-doubt. His lord had appointed him to this post. To doubt his ability to carry out his duties was to doubt his lord. Loyalty demanded that he believe in himself because the lord believed in him. When he experienced one of his many faults, he must not endeavor to correct himself, to become the man his lord saw within him. Such was his obligation. He stood. His posture straight and confident. "
23 " We live in a world of myriad conflicting loyalties. It is not purity, but the nature of the balance we achieve that displays our true character. "
24 " Love tends to simplify the most complex and difficult of situations. "
25 " Perhaps it wasn't so important to understand after all. Perhaps what was most important was to care. "
26 " Shall we surrender?' he said mildly. 'I think we should. After all we outnumber him only fifteen to one, we have only muskets to oppose his bow, and we are surrounded. Or at least I think we are. How is it that one man can surround fifteen? Please clear up this mystery for me. "
27 " The discipline of war was a near neighbor to the abandon of love. "
28 " En verdes pastos me hará descansar; junto a tranquilas aguas me conducirá. Confortará mi alma; me guiará por sendas de justicia por amor a Su nombre. "
29 " No todas las batallas se ganan avanzando. No todas las retiradas son derrotas. Avanzar es una estrategia. Retirarse es también una estrategia. Una retirada debe realizarse "
30 " Hypocrisy was the essential nature of all modes of human control. The brilliant few did as they wished, while convincing the gullible many to follow rules they themselves disdained. "
― Takashi Matsuoka , Autumn Bridge
31 " Knowledge may hinder. Ignorance may liberate. Knowing when to know and when not to know, this is as important as a fluent blade.SUZUME–NO–KUMO(1434) "
― Takashi Matsuoka
32 " El conocimiento puede ser un freno. La ignorancia puede liberar. Saber cuándo saber y cuándo no saber es tan importante como un acero bien templado. Suzume-no-kumo, 1434 "
33 " Fate is fate," Stark said. "It's there. It doesn't change. We just don't see it until we walk into it. Or it walks into us. "
34 " Are winters here always so mild?”“It is rarely colder,” Genji said, “so we have little need for Eskimo skills.”“My lord, please.”“Perhaps our population would be greater if it snowed.”Emily looked away, her face hot with embarrassment. She was sure she was as red as an apple ready for plucking.Genji laughed. “I’m sorry, Emily. I couldn’t resist.”“You promised you would never mention it.”“I promised I would never mention it to others. I said nothing about reminiscing with you. "
35 " Are winters here always so mild?”“It is rarely colder,” Genji said, “so we have little need for Eskimo skills.”“My lord, please.”“Perhaps our population would be greater if it snowed.”Emily looked away, her face hot with embarrassment. She was sure she was as red as an apple ready for plucking.Genji laughed. “I’m sorry, Emily. I couldn’t resist.”“You promised you would never mention it.”“I promised I would never mention it to others. I said nothing about reminiscing with you.”“Lord Genji, that is very ungentlemanly of you.”“Ungentlemanly?”“‘Un’ is a prefix meaning ‘not.’ A gentleman is a person of good character and high principle. ‘Ly’ is a suffix meaning ‘having the character of.’ ” She turned as stern a gaze on him as she could manage. “Your present behavior does not demonstrate good character and high principle.”“An unforgivable lapse. Please accept my most profound apologies.”“I would, were you not smiling in such obvious amusement.”“You are smiling, too.”“It is a grimace, not a smile.”“Grimace?”She refused to explain. "
36 " Good and evil are indeed not two. "