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Quotation from The Pillow-Book of Sei Shōnagon by Sei Shōnagon

“Getting hold of a lot of stories none of which one has read before.”

Sei Shōnagon

The Pillow-Book of Sei Shōnagon, Things that make one Happy, trans. Arthur Waley (1928)

The first item in her list of happy things.

Citation: "Getting hold of a lot of stories none of which one has read before." — Sei Shōnagon, The Pillow-Book of Sei Shōnagon, Things that make one Happy, trans. Arthur Waley (1928). (id sei-shonagon-the-pillow-book-q1)

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