I think that once you're born, the thing you have to do is find out who you are and live that life as well as you can. You can't spend your time wondering how things would have been if you… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
It doesn't take any effort to dream. It's a lot easier than looking at the problems in front of you and figuring out what… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
“A throne is always paid for in blood. The king of En had told her that once. Even should a king's ascension be bloodless as a gift from Heaven, to hold onto one's throne invariably meant that blood must flow -- as it had at the beginning, in the fight against the false king's armies, and the quelling of civil… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share
I think that once you're born, the thing you have to do is find out who you are and live that life as well… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
“What's the difference in wanting someone you don't like to vanish and dreaming about a world in which they don't exist? They're just two… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
“Palaces are built on the people's bones. To tell the truth, the masses would be better off without kingdoms, which is why it takes… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
And that's when I realized that there's really two ways people cry. You cry when you're sorry for yourself, and then you cry when… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
Now she realized that she was not peering at a so-dark-blue-it-looked-black ocean, but rather she was looking straight through miles of incredibly clear water… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
“People will live their lives with or without a king to command them. It is the king who cannot live without his people.” — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
“Taiki was watching the kings talk, feeling the kind of happiness that can only come after a long sorrow.” — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
“If it were possible to treat everyone well, then anybody would do that. But sometimes we have to decide on an order. Liking everyone… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
When people felt pain time and time again, they came to fear that pain above all other things. So they tried to ignore it,… — Fuyumi Ono Copy Share Image
