“I think hunting used to be important for human survival. Thats no longer the case, but they can't stop. A human being, perhaps, is made up of many nonsensical movements. But they've forgotten the movements necessary for life. These humans… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“The concept of human rights had been invented by people who were thinking only of human beings” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“Time could not be compared with any sort of food: nibble at it as greedily as you liked, there was never any less of… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“After the death of all living creatures, all our unfulfilled wishes and unspoken words will go on drifting in the stratosphere, they will combine with one another and linger upon the earth like fog. What will this fog look like in the eyes of the living? Will they fail to remember the dead and instead indulge in banal meteorological conversations… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share
“Some humans claim to be made in God's image - what an insult to God. There are, however, in the northern reaches of our… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“I think hunting used to be important for human survival. Thats no longer the case, but they can't stop. A human being, perhaps, is… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“IT isn't good to talk much about the weather - weather is a highly personal matter” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“I instantly recognized his true masculinity in the fact that he had no cavities.” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“At that moment, the thing Knut had been perceiving as "time" melted away. Because starting with this moment, he no longer had any time… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“I always feel myself being thrust back into loneliness when someone tells me it's cold on a hot day. It isn't good to talk… — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“All the eyes flew away from me like mayflies, I couldn't catch a single one” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“minorities granted a crumb of political autonomy in exchange for providing an optical simulation of cultural diversity in their country of residence” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
“I was afraid of being annihilated on account of saying no: those who refuse to fulfill their duties lose their right to exist.” — Yoko Tawada Copy Share Image
