The Last Samurai

by Helen DeWitt

A syllabary is a set of phonetic symbols each representing a syllable

I have a definition of success, and what success is to me is when an individual finds that thing which fulfills himself, when he finds that thing that completes him and when, in doing it, he finds a way to serve his fellow man.

they do say desktop publishing is the way of the future—

For there is nothing more wretched than man