A poetess who had died young of cancer had said in one of her poems that for her, on sleepless nights, 'the night offers toads and black dogs and corpses of the drowned.
Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere. - Yasunari Kawabata
Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.
- Yasunari Kawabata
Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon, the moon seen by him becomes him. He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature. The light of the "clear heart"… - Yasunari Kawabata
Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon, the moon seen by him becomes him. He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature. The light of the "clear heart"…
The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy o… - Yasunari Kawabata
The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy o…
Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flo… - Yasunari Kawabata
Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flo…
The road was frozen. The village lay quiet under the cold sky. Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi. The moon shone l… - Yasunari Kawabata
The road was frozen. The village lay quiet under the cold sky. Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi. The moon shone l…
Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words. - Yasunari Kawabata
Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words.
I suppose even a woman's hatred is a kind of love. - Yasunari Kawabata
I suppose even a woman's hatred is a kind of love.
Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty. - Yasunari Kawabata
Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty.
A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance. - Yasunari Kawabata
A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance.
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