If a man wanted to put the entire universe in his breast, he couldn't do it with his chest stuck out.
Eiji YoshikawaThe truth of the scholar, alone in his study, does not always accord with what the world at large considers to be true.
Eiji YoshikawaPeople tend to be put off by the idea of selling sex, but if you spend a winter's night with one of them and talk with her about her family and so on, you're likely to find she's just like any other woman.
Eiji YoshikawaI wouldn't say Musashi is ordinary. But he is. That's what's extraordinary about him. He is not content to rely on whatever natural gifts he may have. Knowing he is ordinary, he is constantly trying to improve himself. No one appreciates the agonizing effort he's had to make. Now that his years of training have yielded such spectacular results, everybody's talking about his 'God-given talent.' That's how men who don't try very hard comfort themselves.
Eiji Yoshikawa