“ If you're a sailor, best not know how to swim. Swimming only prolongs the inevitable—if the sea wants you and your time has come. James Clavell
“ Why do you weep, child? We of the Floating World live only for the moment, giving all our time to the pleasures of cherry blossoms and snow and maple leaves, the calling of a cricket, the beauty of th… James Clavell
“ Oare ce-s nouriiDaca nu o justificare a cerului?Oare ce-i viataDaca nu o amanare a mortii? James Clavell
“ Perhaps that is why we love life so much, Anjin-san. You see, we have to. Death is part of our air and see and earth. James Clavell
“ Blackthorne, beside the gates, was still turmoiled by his boundless joy at her reprieve and he remembered how his own will had been stretched that night of his near-seppuku, when he had had to get up… James Clavell
“ Without trade the world will become what it was once—a hell where only the strongest arm and the heaviest lash was law. The meek will never inherit the earth. Aye, but at least they can be protected b… James Clavell
“ God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible. James Clavell
“ Then, alone once more, he split himself into the three persons that all generals of the Church must simultaneously be. First, the anointed Peter, first Bishop of Christ, with all that that spiritually… James Clavell
“ It's a saying they have, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to show to his special friends and his family, and the real one, the true one, the secret… James Clavell
