Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war.

Ice is for death and endings.

Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments.

There was some sadness in how that could happen, falling out of love with something that had shaped you. Or even people who had.

Sometimes you didn't really arrive at a conclusion about your life, you just discovered that you already had.

One man sees a riselka: his life forks there.  Two men see a riselka: one of them shall die.  Three men see a riselka: one is blessed, one forks, one shall die. One woman sees a riselka: her path comes clear to her.  Two women see a riselka: one of them shall bear a child.  Three women see a riselka: one is blessed, one is clear, one shall bear a child.

One man sees a riselka: his life forks there. Two men see a riselka: one of them shall die. Three men see a riselka: one is blessed, one forks, one shall die.