--- title: "1 Like Divorce Quotes By Kenzaburo Oe" description: "1 Like Divorce quotes by Kenzaburo Oe. Plus more from Kenzaburo Oe and more Like Divorce sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/kenzaburo-oe-12342_deception_once-a-person-has-been-poisoned-by-self_1635092.jpg" --- > [“ Once a person has been poisoned by self-deception, he can't make decisions about himself as neatly as all that," Himiko said, elaborating her friend's terrific prophecy; " You won't get a divorce Bird. You'll justify yourself like crazy, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/once-a-person-has-been-poisoned-by-self-deception-he-can-t-make/) [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/kenzaburo-oe-12342_deception_once-a-person-has-been-poisoned-by-self_1635092.jpg) ## More by Kenzaburo Oe > [“Bird, hesitating, recalled a line from the English textbook he was reading with his students; a young American was speaking angrily: Are you kidding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/bird-hesitating-recalled-a-line-from-the-english-textbook-he-was/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [“In introducing himself, he had said, "I'm the father," and the doctors had winced. Because something else must have echoed in their ears- I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/in-introducing-himself-he-had-said-i-m-the-father-and-the-doctors-had/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [“I thought about death and was gripped by feelings which choked my chest and made my throat dry, a sudden pushing and shoving in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/i-thought-about-death-and-was-gripped-by-feelings-which-choked-my/) [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [To be upright and to have an imagination: that is enough to be a very good young man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/to-be-upright-and-to-have-an-imagination-that-is-enough-to-be-a-very/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [The writer's job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/the-writer-s-job-is-the-job-of-a-clown-the-clown-who-also-talks-about/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [If any suffering was fruitless it was the agony of a hangover; what he suffered now could not expiate suffering of any other kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/if-any-suffering-was-fruitless-it-was-the-agony-of-a-hangover-what-he/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/the-ambiguous-orientation-of-japan-drove-the-country-into-the/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [“If I'm a monster then I want to be a real monster. I'll become a monster and explode.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/if-i-m-a-monster-then-i-want-to-be-a-real-monster-i-ll-become-a/) [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/paradoxically-the-people-and-state-of-japan-living-on-such-moral/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/it-is-the-second-job-of-literature-to-create-myth-but-its-first-job/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/in-the-recent-years-there-have-been-criticisms-levelled-against-japan/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [There's no better reading experience than going to the place where a text was written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/there-s-no-better-reading-experience-than-going-to-the-place-where-a/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/my-observation-is-that-after-one-hundred-and-twenty-years-of/) [Kenzaburo Oe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [“The fear of blindness created a moment's vacuum, serving as a relaxant for my exhausted and overheated brain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/the-fear-of-blindness-created-a-moment-s-vacuum-serving-as-a-relaxant/) [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) > [“The baby was no longer on the verge of death; no longer would the sweet, easy tears of mourning melt it away as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzaburo-oe/the-baby-was-no-longer-on-the-verge-of-death-no-longer-would-the/) [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzaburo-oe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-divorce/kenzaburo-oe/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Divorce Quotes By Kenzaburo Oe", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ Once a person has been poisoned by self-deception, he can't make decisions about himself as neatly as all that,\" Himiko said, elaborating her friend's terrific prophecy; \" You won't get a divorce Bird. 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