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Pacific War
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive--those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood.
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― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
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Kusaka was shaken by the realization that the American was as determined as any samurai. He silently prayed for him.
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― The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45
― The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45
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