4. Yamabe no Akahito Coming out on the Bay of Tago, there before me, Mount Fuji – snow still falling on her peak, a splendid cloak of white.
“The crest is meant to resemble a gold seal on white stationery, I believe, but it looks remarkably like a urine stain on a bedsheet,”
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― The Hod King
“Whoever you are – I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
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― A Streetcar Named Desire
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― The Hod King
― The Hod King
“No labour was more Heraclean than the labour of being Heracles.”
― Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
― Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
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― Stoner
― Stoner
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