Quotes about Japanese lit

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A feeling of liberation should contain a bracing feeling of negation, in which liberation itself is not negated. In the — Yukio Mishima, Thirst for Love
We Orientals tend to seek our satisfactions in whatever surroundings we happen to find ourselves, to content ourselves w — Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows
Why can’t people get along without criticizing one another?” Urashima shakes his head as he ponders this rudimentary que — Osamu Dazai, Otogizōshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu
Presently a soprano voice of richness and depth floated from the open windows of the parlor, resonating over the darkeni — Minae Mizumura
She's still quite fit at ninety, fit enough to chew her food with her own teeth. Apparently she grew up in a house witho — Minae Mizumura, A True Novel
Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things. — Sōseki Natsume
He was beneath the waves, a creature crawling the ocean bottom. — Doppo Kunikida, Five Stories
I felt as though I owned the whole world. And little wonder, because at no time are we ever in such complete possession — Yukio Mishima, Confessions of a Mask
I am a lonely man,' Sensei said. 'And so I am glad that you come to see me. But I am also a melancholy man, and so I ask — Sōseki Natsume, Kokoro
…Her desire was close to that of the person who drowns himself; he does not necessarily covet death so much as what come — Yukio Mishima, Thirst for Love
When you're in an extreme situation you tend to avoid facing it by getting caught up in little details. Like a guy who's — Ryū Murakami, In the Miso Soup
If you're going to give up so quickly, I don't think you'll last long but you should try telling yourself you won't ever — Hitori Nakano, Train Man
Every time he studied this instrument, with its slender, gleaming steel rod that tapered down to such needle-like sharpn — Ryū Murakami, Piercing
People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no re — Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance
Might it have been nothing but life itself? Life; this limitless complex sea, filled with assorted flotsam, brimming wit — Yukio Mishima, Thirst for Love
I was afraid to go into a restaurant because I was intimidated by the waiters furtively hovering behind me waiting for m — Osamu Dazai
Unhappiness. There are all kinds of unhappy people in the world. I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say that the w — Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
Isn't there someone kind enough to come strangle me in my sleep? — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
As you can imagine, those who had fallen this far had been so worn down by their tortures in the seven other hells that — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Spider's Thread
Directly beneath the Lotus Pond of Paradise lay the lower depths of Hell, and as He peered through the crystalline water — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Spider's Thread