A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

In matters of great importance, do not consult others — decide alone after thorough deliberation.

-- The 'One-Eyed Dragon' of northern Japan who carved

Fortune lies in heaven. Armor lies in the heart. Achievement lies in the legs.

-- The 'Dragon of Echigo' — a Sengoku-era warlord whose devotion to righteous warfare and Buddhist faith made him Japan's most paradoxical military figure

Life is like a long journey carrying a heavy burden. Never hurry.

-- The founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

A human life of fifty years, compared to the span beneath heaven, is nothing but a dream, an illusion.

-- The revolutionary warlord who dismantled feudal Japan's medieval order and launched the country toward unification

The greatest warrior in Japan.

-- Called 'the greatest warrior in Japan' by his enem

If the cuckoo will not sing, I shall make it want to sing.

-- The peasant who became ruler of all Japan