A quotation from Murasaki Shikibu

I have never thought there was much to be said in favour of dragging on long after all one’s friends were dead.

Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973 - c. 1014/1025) Japanese novelist, poet, lady-in-waiting [紫式部]
The Tale of Genji [源氏物語], ch. 29 “The Royal Visit [行幸]” [Princess Omiya] (AD 1001-1015) [tr. Waley (1928)]

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