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The month of sweating. The palace is a shambles. The gentlemen stink. (And so do the ladies.)
- Aug 10, 2009 11:58:01 via web
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They say that suicide demonstrates courage. Sometimes it demonstrates the opposite. Ask the widow. Ask the fatherless child.
- Jul 22, 2009 00:05:09 via web
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A woman who judges fairly is always unfairly judged.
- Jul 16, 2009 16:28:30 via web
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Disordered people make me feel disordered. Disorder is contagious, and I lose my footing!
- Jul 16, 2009 02:06:40 via web
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I am alone with my thoughts. And such thoughts they are!
- Jul 09, 2009 23:32:53 via web
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Today, the emperor paraded before the people. Although I understand their necessity, such displays bore me.
- Jul 04, 2009 22:14:35 via web
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Today was spent composing six poems, each in honor of the emperor. Such exquisite drudgery!
- Jul 02, 2009 22:21:53 via web
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In this warm rain, my kimono clings unpleasantly to my skin. How I long for the sun.
- Jul 01, 2009 22:04:23 via web
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The emperor's poems are praised; they are easy to understand. The master poet's poems, meanwhile, are greeted with befuddlement.
- Jul 01, 2009 16:12:37 via web
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At my birthday party, the empress recited a poem about autumn's swift decline into winter. Hateful.
- Jun 30, 2009 11:57:05 via web
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True: even the emperor must die. But the emperor has more mourners than the common man.
- Jun 29, 2009 14:25:42 via web
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