“The baby understands that its mother loves it. [...] Words have their origin in baby talk, so words have their origin in love.” — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“He was conscious of an emptiness that made him see Komako's life as beautiful but wasted, even though he himself was the… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“People have separated from each other with walls of concrete that blocked the roads to connection and love. and Nature has been… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
And I can't complain. After all, only woemn are able really to love — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“Now that Otoko had heard about the night at Enoshima, that old love flared up ominously within her. Yet in those flames… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“Now that he was near her, this sighing of the human skin took on a dreamlike quality like the spell of the… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
But a haiku by Buson came into his mind: 'I try to forget this senile love; a chilly autumn shower.' The gloom… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder. — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn. — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“And the Milky Way, like a great aurora, flowed through his body to stand at the edges of the earth. There was a quiet,… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“if you wanna be somebody be yourself dont try to be anybody your not” — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“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… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
In the depths of the mirror the evening landscape moved by, the mirror and the reflected figures like motion pictures superimposed one on the… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was only parading his masculine… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“It may be said that the Master was plagued in his last match by modern rationalism, to which fussy rules were everything, from which… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“After he became the Master, the world believed that he could not lose, and he had to believe it himself. Therein was the tragedy.” — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“What of it? Tokyo people are complicated. They live in such noise and confusion that their feelings are broken to little bits.” “Everything is… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“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."… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
