--- title: "1 Person Time Quotes By Yasunari Kawabata" description: "1 Person Time quotes by Yasunari Kawabata. Plus more from Yasunari Kawabata and more Person Time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/yasunari-kawabata-8790_cosmic_cosmic-time-is-the-same-for-everyone-but_1326267.jpg" --- > [Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasunari-kawabata/cosmic-time-is-the-same-for-everyone-but-human-time-differs-with-each/) [Yasunari Kawabata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasunari-kawabata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/yasunari-kawabata-8790_cosmic_cosmic-time-is-the-same-for-everyone-but_1326267.jpg) ## 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/person-time/yasunari-kawabata/#itemlist", "name": "1 Person Time Quotes By Yasunari Kawabata", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. 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