| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 30 | 27 | "It is a dragon," had said Haruki. |
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| 30 | 24 | I was to one View more quotes about side">side, behind a silken screen, sitting cross-legged with Haruki, before another table. |
| 30 | 25 | Such screens may afford privacy, for example, dividing a larger space into semi-secluded, individual dining areas. |
| 30 | 26 | The screen, on the house side, so to speak, was decorated with a fanciful image, that of a large, winged, fearsome beast. |
| 30 | 27 | "It is a dragon," had said Haruki. |
| 30 | 28 | Such images were not infrequently encountered in the islands, but, more commonly, one encountered images of a gentler, more tranquil nature, snow-capped mountains, forests, winding streams, placid villages, and such. |
| 30 | 29 | There seemed to me many contrasts, if not paradoxes, in the Pani culture. |
| 30 | 30 | Perhaps where life may be short, and jeopardy is often afoot, when the morning may not guarantee the evening, one is more likely to see and appreciate beauty, and fix it, as one can, for a moment of contemplation. |