The snow on the distant mountains was soft and creamy, as if veiled in a faint smoke. - Yasunari Kawabata

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Russia has a common interest in confronting radical Islamic terrorism and especially ISIS. And if we have opportunities to work together I think President Trump is looking for an opportunity to begin that relationship anew.

Yasunari Kawabata

The snow on the distant mountains was soft and creamy, as if veiled in a faint smoke.

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The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy of a moonlit night.

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Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words.

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Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon, the moon seen by him becomes him. He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature. The light of the "clear heart" of the priest, seated in the meditation hall in the darkness before the dawn, becomes for the dawn moon its own light.

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