Shibumi

by Trevanian

delusion

that all people are created

intere...

“I want you fools to see it

again.”

“I don’t think the projectionist has rewound it yet.”

“Have him run it backward.

It doesn’t m...

“Just keep going as you are,

and you will find what you’re

looking...

coincidences that are supposed to

bring luck.

two

three.

August 9,

Twice

three

“Everything. Me. Those

two are the same.

victory of the

Coral Sea,

The masses are

the final tyrants.

yojimbo,

They have no brain, but they have a thousand arms to grasp

and clutch at you,...

d...

“Avoid contact with them. Camouflage yourself with politeness. Appear dull and

distant. Live apart and study

shi...

two

three

avoided their envy by occasionally asking advice on some simple decoding problem,

or phrasing his questions so

as to guide them to t...

ans...

he struggled to cleanse himself

of this hate, because such black

thoughts blocked th...

mystic tr...

mystic transport.

twenty-three,

three,

It

was ironic to

realize that the destruct...

world would not be th...

Machiavelli, but of San...

two