--- title: "1 Cancer Said Quotes By Yasunari Kawabata" description: "1 Cancer Said quotes by Yasunari Kawabata. Plus more from Yasunari Kawabata and more Cancer Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/yasunari-kawabata-8790_black_a-poetess-who-had-died-young-of-cancer-h_950084.png" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/a-poetess-who-had-died-young-of-cancer-had-said-in-one-of-her-poems/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/yasunari-kawabata-8790_black_a-poetess-who-had-died-young-of-cancer-h_950084.png) ## More by Yasunari Kawabata > [Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/along-the-coast-the-sea-roars-and-inland-the-mountains-roar-the/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/a-child-walked-by-rolling-a-metal-hoop-that-made-a-sound-of-autumn/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [“And the Milky Way, like a great aurora, flowed through his body to stand at the edges of the earth. There was a quiet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/and-the-milky-way-like-a-great-aurora-flowed-through-his-body-to/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [“if you wanna be somebody be yourself dont try to be anybody your not”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/if-you-wanna-be-somebody-be-yourself-dont-try-to-be-anybody-your-not/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [“One can’t stop and suddenly speak to a complete stranger, can one?…When it happens I could die of sadness. I feel somehow empty and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/one-can-t-stop-and-suddenly-speak-to-a-complete-stranger-can-one-when/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [In the depths of the mirror the evening landscape moved by, the mirror and the reflected figures like motion pictures superimposed one on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/in-the-depths-of-the-mirror-the-evening-landscape-moved-by-the-mirror/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was only parading his masculine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/the-woman-was-silent-her-eyes-on-the-floor-shimamura-had-come-to-a/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [“It may be said that the Master was plagued in his last match by modern rationalism, to which fussy rules were everything, from which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/it-may-be-said-that-the-master-was-plagued-in-his-last-match-by/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [“After he became the Master, the world believed that he could not lose, and he had to believe it himself. Therein was the tragedy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/after-he-became-the-master-the-world-believed-that-he-could-not-lose/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [THE TRAIN came out of the long tunnel into the snow country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/the-train-came-out-of-the-long-tunnel-into-the-snow-country/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [“What of it? Tokyo people are complicated. They live in such noise and confusion that their feelings are broken to little bits.” “Everything is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/what-of-it-tokyo-people-are-complicated-they-live-in-such-noise-and/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [“Is it a boy or a girl?" "It's a girl. Really! Can't you tell by looking at it? "Is it mine?" "It is not."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/is-it-a-boy-or-a-girl-it-s-a-girl-really-can-t-you-tell-by-looking-at/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/the-true-joy-of-a-moonlit-night-is-something-we-no-longer-understand/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [“She was afraid to touch the dictionary — Oki was even there. Innumerable words reminded her of him. To link whatever she saw and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/she-was-afraid-to-touch-the-dictionary-oki-was-even-there-innumerable/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/it-s-remarkable-how-we-go-on-year-after-year-doing-the-same-old/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cancer-said/yasunari-kawabata/#itemlist", "name": "1 Cancer Said Quotes By Yasunari Kawabata", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yasunari Kawabata" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/a-poetess-who-had-died-young-of-cancer-had-said-in-one-of-her-poems/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/yasunari-kawabata-8790_black_a-poetess-who-had-died-young-of-cancer-h_950084.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/yasunari-kawabata-8790_black_a-poetess-who-had-died-young-of-cancer-h_950084.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/yasunari-kawabata-8790_black_a-poetess-who-had-died-young-of-cancer-h_950084.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A poetess who had died young of cancer had said in one of her poems that for her, on sleepless nights, 'the…” — Yasunari Kawabata", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cancer-said/yasunari-kawabata/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cancer-said/yasunari-kawabata/", "name": "Cancer Said Quotes by Yasunari Kawabata", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cancer-said/yasunari-kawabata/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/yasunari-kawabata-8790_black_a-poetess-who-had-died-young-of-cancer-h_950084.png" }, "description": "1 Cancer Said quotes by Yasunari Kawabata. 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