Quotes about Japanese

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One day this war will end. And when it does, Tule Lake will be just a memory. — Teresa R. Funke, The No-No Boys
[The] Japanese were a people in a profound, inverse, reverse, or if I preferred it, even perverse sense, more in love wi — Sir Laurens van der Post
You know that feeling when you’re suddenly startled out of a deep sleep, and you’re in that hazy middle world where you’ — Lisa Daily, Single-Minded: A Novel
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
Just as there is an archetype of woman as the object of man's eternal love, so there must be an archetype of her as the — Fumiko Enchi, Masks
Psychologically, Japanese women depend largely on each other. In their sex-segregated society, they could be criticized — Kittredge Cherry, Womansword: What Japanese Words Say about Women
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
During the reign of Domitian (81-96 A.D.), Christians in Asia Minor were severely oppressed. The book of Revelation was — F. Calvin Parker
Toyohiko Kagawa, famed for his ministry to slum-dwellers, paid tribute to all three of Japan's major religious tradition — F. Calvin Parker
Tea followers were among the earliest converts to the Christian faith. Takayama Ukon, a daimyo turned ardent evangelist, — F. Calvin Parker
Calligraphy is an art form that uses ink and a brush to express the very souls of words on paper. — Kaoru Akagawa
We have no one to go to for help. Not even a church. Anything goes, now that our President Roosevelt signed the order to — Kiyo Sato, Kiyo's Story: A Japanese-American Family's Quest for the American Dream
Although Higgins's men had finally received some badly needed supplies, some of his wounded were becoming critical, and — Scott McGaugh, Honor Before Glory
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
The blue of the sky is one of the most special colors in the world, because the color is deep but see-through both at th — Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira
No, I don't want your money. The world moves less by money than by what you owe people and what they owe you. I don't li — Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
Nakamura Tempu Sensei viewed the mind as a segment of the body that could not be seen and the body as the element of the — H.E. Davey
Read Hearn, the most eloquent and truthful interpreter of the Japanese mind, and you see the working of that mind to be — Inazo Nitobe, Bushido: The Soul of Japan. A Classic Essay on Samurai Ethics
I really hope that the Japanese are going to stop demonstrating to the world what man-made radiation does to people. — Steven Magee
For everything sacred has the substance of dreams and memories, and so we experience the miracle of what is separated fr — Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow