Quotes about Japanese lit

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Great robber though he was, Kandata could only trash about like a dying frog as he choked on the blood of the pond. — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Spider's Thread
Until I met you," she said, "I never realized how precious each day could be. When I was working, each day was over befo — Shūichi Yoshida, Villain
They needed a reason why a little kid would commit murder, someone or something to point the finger at, and I think they — Ryū Murakami, In the Miso Soup
When he appeared before the lord, his lordship was smitten immediately with the boy's unadorned beauty, like a first gli — Saikaku Ihara, The Great Mirror of Male Love
I could have sworn that the man's eyes were no longer watching his daughter dying in agony, that instead the gorgeous co — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Hell Screen
The pale whiteness of her upturned face as she choked on the smoke; the tangled length of her hair as she tried to shake — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Hell Screen
Chained inside the carriage is a sinful woman. When we set the carriage afire, her flesh will be roasted, her bones will — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Hell Screen
Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Hell Screen
…In the very simplicity of her desire to punish herself appeared egoism in its purest form. Never before had this woman — Yukio Mishima, Thirst for Love
Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with people coming and going—people with places to go a — Haruki Murakami, After Dark
Knowing that it is the earth we tread, we learn to tread carefully, lest it be rent open. Realizing that it is the heave — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
I've been mistaken to assume that in this little village in the spring, so like a dream or a poem, life is a matter only — Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World
I really should have died then, Tsukuru often told himself. Then this world, the one in the here and now, wouldn't exist — Haruki Murakami
People have separated from each other with walls of concrete that blocked the roads to connection and love. and Nature h — Yasunari Kawabata