Quotes by Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another

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Just as trees bear their fruit before winter, just as bamboo grass produces its seeds just before it withers, sex is sim — Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another
Just as trees bear their fruit before winter, just as bamboo grass produces its seeds just before it withers, sex is sim — Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another
Loneliness—since I was trying to escape it—was hell; and yet for the hermit who seeks it, it is apparently happiness. — Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another
Loneliness—since I was trying to escape it—was hell; and yet for the hermit who seeks it, it is apparently happiness. — Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another
The world itself, like the mask, began to seem difficult to believe in, and I was stricken with an unutterable sense of — Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another
The world itself, like the mask, began to seem difficult to believe in, and I was stricken with an unutterable sense of — Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another
There are apparently two hypotheses about jealousy: that it is a product of civilization and that it is a basic instinct — Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another
There are apparently two hypotheses about jealousy: that it is a product of civilization and that it is a basic instinct — Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another