We live and we die. We control nothing beyond that.[to John]
If I could use words like scattering flowers and falling leaves, what a bonfire my poems would make.[quoting Lady Mariko]
Why is it that only those who have never fought in a battle are so eager to be in one?[to Nagakado]
Only I become mother of the Heir. And do you know how? By compelling fate to look at me. So I could scratch out its eyes.
If you win, anything is possible.[to Yabushige]
I am no peasant to be trodden on. I am daughter of the great Lord Akechi Jinsai. My line has been samurai for a thousand years, and I will never be captive, or hostage, or confined. I am free to go as I please, as is anyone.
Death is in our air. And sea and earth. It can come for us at any moment.[to John]
You’d die to avenge your father. You’d live in anguish to spite your husband. Which is it? What becomes of you? My life is mine, and yours is yours. If you can’t see that, you’ll never be free of this prison.[to Mariko]
Watch now on:
You are playing a game of friends and enemies, when you have only yourself in this life.[to Nagakado]
We grieve those we have lost by continuing their fight.[to John]
There’s a saying out here that every man has three hearts. One in his mouth for the world to know. Another in his chest just for his friends. And a secret heart buried deep where no one can find it. That is a heart a man must keep hidden if he wants to survive.
There is no use dwelling on what cannot be undone.
