"Harukichi Shimoi is one of those Japanese that other Japanese consider short in stature. So short that D'Annunzio, in…"

"Shimoi, do you remember our race, in the fast and roaring boat, across the gray lagoon, to land at the camp of S. Nic…"

"The bitter war that calls for blood and slaughter and destroys nations, races and civilizations, sometimes takes plac…"

"Masses of people, seen wandering in the dark, on the vast bed of the fast flowing Piave - bursts, cannonade, fires, s…"

"Most will never know the experience of seeing a field of corpses, not a few, but innumerable [...] At one point, you …"

"As if to say— "Isn't it true for men, as well: that the more the words, the less they are of value?"— the cuckoo does…"

"When I look upon the rich sheen of summer hairs in my new brush, I am saddened by a deer drawn at night to a hunter's…"

"I had forgotten— as I kept on forgetting to remind myself that those who vow to forget are the ones who can't forget."

"All these images from a world of long ago— of what good are they? Pine winds, come—please blow away these unforgotten…"

"Even in one’s sleep, it is dreams of this world one sees, and of no other; just as there is no dawning here that brin…"