Quotes from David Kudler

The blossoms fall just once each winter, yet in our memories, they fall every day.

I tell yeh, Bright-eyes. Men and women? A bloody mess. Every time.

Be swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as fire, steady as a mountain.

Soldiers falling fast Battle of white and scarlet Blossoms on the ground

No harm," he said as he danced on, cutting the air. Only now, the snowflakes began to bleed as he cut them. Battle of white and scarlet... "Oto-san, what can I do?" I wept in the dream, my tears freezing to my cheeks. "Dance," he said, his face still and calm, his blade whistling through the air. Blood flew from the tip of the sword, painting characters of death and disaster across the white ground. Dancing.

But there are times — my favorite climbs — when it doesn't feel as if I'm climbing. Instead, the cliff or tree or wall seems to be lifting me, higher and higher.