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“Stubbornness makes a dictionary reliable and also gives it a certain charm. Working on a dictionary for the first time taught me that.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage

“I guess words, and dictionaries, must always exist in the narrow, perilous space between individual and authority, internal freedom and public governance.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage

“Sometimes words were useless. No matter how they called out to him, Araki and Mrs. Matsumoto had been unable to tether the professor’s life to this earth. And yet the professor wasn’t completely gone, either. Because of words, the most important part of him was lodged in their hearts.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage

“He had brought purifying salt with him to scatter at the doorstep, following custom, but inwardly he cursed the idea. If the professor should choose to come back and watch over them, he would be only too glad.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage