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The sound of the Gion Shôja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the śāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night; the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind.

~The Tale of the Heike~


Meltdown: The Japanese Earthquake and Fukushima Reactors (HuffPo).


I know they're going to do everything they can.
But I am so goddamn frightened.