Isn't man but a blossom taken by wind, and only the mountains and the sea and the stars and this land of the gods everlasting? (James Clavell)

Isn't man but a blossom taken by wind, and only the mountains and the sea and the stars and this land of the gods everlasting?

James Clavell

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