Mar 26, 2014
The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon
Penguin Classics, Transl. Ivan Morris, 1967, Reprinted 1984
Paperback
"62. Annoying Things
One has sent someone a poem (or a reply to a poem) and, after the messenger has left, thinks of a couple of words that ought to be changed.
One has sewn something in a hurry. The task seems finished, but on pulling out the needle one discovers that one forgot to knot the end of the thread. It is also very annoying to find that one has sewn something back to front."
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