The ancients waited for cherry blossoms, grieved when they were gone, and lamented their passing in countless poems. … - Junichiro Tanizaki

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Junichiro Tanizaki

The ancients waited for cherry blossoms, grieved when they were gone, and lamented their passing in countless poems. How very ordinary the poems had seemed to Sachiko when she read them as a girl, but now she knew, as well as one could know, that grieving over fallen cherry blossoms was more than a fad or convention.

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