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> [“Yes, it is the most important love, the love of the mother is a given, it is taken for granted. A child is born and for the rest of his or her life the mother will love the child, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/yes-it-is-the-most-important-love-the-love-of-the-mother-is-a-given/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

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## More by Katie Kitamura

> [Translated literature can be fascinating. There's something so intriguing about reading the text second hand - a piece of prose that has already been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/translated-literature-can-be-fascinating-there-s-something-so/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [The point about sales is relevant because it suggests there are cultures out there that are supporting and consuming, on a vast scale, challenging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/the-point-about-sales-is-relevant-because-it-suggests-there-are/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [It took me a long time to accept that I was a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-accept-that-i-was-a-writer/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [“life rarely finds its exact likeness in a novel, that is hardly fiction’s purpose,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/life-rarely-finds-its-exact-likeness-in-a-novel-that-is-hardly/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [As a writer, I think the greatest danger would be self-censorship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/as-a-writer-i-think-the-greatest-danger-would-be-self-censorship/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [There's a long relationship between science fiction and the 'novel of ideas,' and I think writers of science fiction are able to draw on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/there-s-a-long-relationship-between-science-fiction-and-the-novel-of/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/i-write-some-art-criticism-and-one-thing-that-s-clear-to-me-is-that/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [I'm often a little perplexed, when I read a review of a book, by the quotes that are pulled out as evidence of excellent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/i-m-often-a-little-perplexed-when-i-read-a-review-of-a-book-by-the/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [I don't speak any languages well enough to make an expert assessment on writing in translation, but since I'm interested in awkwardness in prose,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/i-don-t-speak-any-languages-well-enough-to-make-an-expert-assessment/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [I think it's poignant and powerful, this idea that if someone knows your name, they have the ability to kind of hail you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/i-think-it-s-poignant-and-powerful-this-idea-that-if-someone-knows/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [“A place has a curious quality when you have only a partial understanding of its language, and in those early months the sensation was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/a-place-has-a-curious-quality-when-you-have-only-a-partial/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [“People were capable of living their lives in a state of permanent disappointment, there were plenty of people who did not marry the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/people-were-capable-of-living-their-lives-in-a-state-of-permanent/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [I was introduced to fighting by my brother - he's a tattooer, a tough guy - and I completely fell in love with it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/i-was-introduced-to-fighting-by-my-brother-he-s-a-tattooer-a-tough/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [I don't know why I write. The honest answer is that I don't have an answer. I wouldn't die if I couldn't write fiction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/i-don-t-know-why-i-write-the-honest-answer-is-that-i-don-t-have-an/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

> [“It was a terrible thing, to love and not know whether you were loved in return, it led to the worst sensations--jealousy, rage, self-loathing--to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/it-was-a-terrible-thing-to-love-and-not-know-whether-you-were-loved/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

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