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> [“He seemed convinced that children's questions were much more important than those of an adult. He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/he-seemed-convinced-that-children-s-questions-were-much-more/)

[Yoko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

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## More by Yoko Ogawa

> [“I couldn't reach him from here even if I tried.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/i-couldn-t-reach-him-from-here-even-if-i-tried/)

[Yōko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“A problem isn't finished just because you've found the right answer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/a-problem-isn-t-finished-just-because-you-ve-found-the-right-answer/)

[Yoko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“Are all things quantifiable, and all numbers fraught with poetic possibility?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/are-all-things-quantifiable-and-all-numbers-fraught-with-poetic/)

[Yōko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“Solving a problem for which you know there's an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/solving-a-problem-for-which-you-know-there-s-an-answer-is-like/)

[Yoko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“When we grow up, we find ways to hide our anxieties, our loneliness, our fear and sorrow. But children hide nothing, putting everything into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/when-we-grow-up-we-find-ways-to-hide-our-anxieties-our-loneliness-our/)

[Yoko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/he-preferred-smart-questions-to-smart-answers/)

[Yoko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“Since that time, I've had many similar moments, and I can never hear the words "family" and "home" without feeling that they sound strange,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/since-that-time-i-ve-had-many-similar-moments-and-i-can-never-hear/)

[Yōko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“He seemed convinced that children's questions were much more important than those of an adult. He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/he-seemed-convinced-that-children-s-questions-were-much-more/)

[Yoko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“The room was filled with a kind of stillness. Not simply an absence of noise, but an accumulation of layers of silence...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/the-room-was-filled-with-a-kind-of-stillness-not-simply-an-absence-of/)

[Yôko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [The truly correct proof is one that strikes a harmonious balance between strength and flexibility. There are plenty of proofs that are technically correct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/the-truly-correct-proof-is-one-that-strikes-a-harmonious-balance/)

[Yoko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“The ancient Greeks thought there was no need to count something that was nothing. And since it was nothing, they held that it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/the-ancient-greeks-thought-there-was-no-need-to-count-something-that/)

[Yōko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“Sometimes I wish I could describe how wonderful I feel in those few seconds from the time he spreads his arms above his head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/sometimes-i-wish-i-could-describe-how-wonderful-i-feel-in-those-few/)

[Yōko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“He treated Root exactly as he treated prime numbers. For him, primes were the base on which all other natural numbers relied; and children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/he-treated-root-exactly-as-he-treated-prime-numbers-for-him-primes/)

[Yoko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“Your body falling through space touches the deepest part of me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/your-body-falling-through-space-touches-the-deepest-part-of-me/)

[Yōko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

> [“And it helped that he forgot what he’d taught me before, so I was free to repeat the same question until I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/and-it-helped-that-he-forgot-what-he-d-taught-me-before-so-i-was-free/)

[Yōko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

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