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Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "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 of a moonlit night."

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 of a moonlit night.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words."

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 Quotes: "The labor into which a heart has poured its whole love--where will it have its say, to excite and inspire, and when?"

The labor into which a heart has poured its whole love--where will it have its say, to excite and inspire, and when?



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "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 like a blade frozen in blue ice."

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 like a blade frozen in blue ice.




Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty."

Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "It's remarkable how we go on year after year, doing the same old things. We get tired and bored, and ask when they'll come for us"

It's remarkable how we go on year after year, doing the same old things. We get tired and bored, and ask when they'll come for us



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "People have separated from each other with walls of concrete that blocked the roads to connection and love. and Nature has been defeated in the name of development."

People have separated from each other with walls of concrete that blocked the roads to connection and love. and Nature has been defeated in the name of development.




Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "Does pain go away and leave no trace, then?’ ‘You sometimes even feel sentimental for it."

Does pain go away and leave no trace, then?’ ‘You sometimes even feel sentimental for it.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "I suppose even a woman's hatred is a kind of love."

I suppose even a woman's hatred is a kind of love.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "Lunatics have no age. If we were crazy, you and I, we might be a great deal younger."

Lunatics have no age. If we were crazy, you and I, we might be a great deal younger.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance."

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 Quotes: "They were words that came out of nothing, but they seemed to him somehow significant. He muttered them over again."

They were words that came out of nothing, but they seemed to him somehow significant. He muttered them over again.




Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate."

Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere."

Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "From the way of Go the beauty of Japan and the Orient had fled. Everything had become science and regulation."

From the way of Go the beauty of Japan and the Orient had fled. Everything had become science and regulation.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "The snow on the distant mountains was soft and creamy, as if veiled in a faint smoke."

The snow on the distant mountains was soft and creamy, as if veiled in a faint smoke.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn."

A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "And I can't complain. After all, only women are able really to love."

And I can't complain. After all, only women are able really to love.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business. The day you die."

I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business. The day you die.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "THE TRAIN came out of the long tunnel into the snow country."

THE TRAIN came out of the long tunnel into the snow country.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder."

Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "But a haiku by Buson came into his mind: 'I try to forget this senile love; a chilly autumn shower.' The gloom only grew denser."

But a haiku by Buson came into his mind: 'I try to forget this senile love; a chilly autumn shower.' The gloom only grew denser.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "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."

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.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "Because you cannot see him God is everywhere."

Because you cannot see him God is everywhere.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business.The day you die."

I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business.The day you die.



Yasunari Kawabata Quotes: "Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words..."

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words...