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> [“I realized that it was not Ko-san, now safely ditched for ever, but Ko-san's mother who stood in need of pity and consideration. She must still live on in this hard unpitying world, but he, once he had jumped \[in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/i-realized-that-it-was-not-ko-san-now-safely-ditched-for-ever-but-ko/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

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## More by Soseki Natsume

> [“In fact, there is no such thing as character, something fixed and final. The real thing is something that novelists don’t know how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/in-fact-there-is-no-such-thing-as-character-something-fixed-and-final/)

[Soseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“I would guess that he thought and thought for at least ten years before he came up with a stupendous idea, that glory of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/i-would-guess-that-he-thought-and-thought-for-at-least-ten-years/)

[Soseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [I am a cat. As yet I have no name](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/i-am-a-cat-as-yet-i-have-no-name/)

[Soseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“Under the sun the couple presented smiles to the world. Under the moon, they were lost in thought: and so they had quietly passed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/under-the-sun-the-couple-presented-smiles-to-the-world-under-the-moon/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“Miss Blanche, having given through her tears a complete account of this event, assured me that, to maintain our own parental love and enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/miss-blanche-having-given-through-her-tears-a-complete-account-of/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“But since heaven has not seen fit to dower the human animal with an ability to understand cat language, I regret to say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/but-since-heaven-has-not-seen-fit-to-dower-the-human-animal-with-an/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“A stomach can resite itself in a pulmonary location; Coxinga can be blood-kin to the Seiwa Minamotos; and that Mr. Tami, much maligned, may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/a-stomach-can-resite-itself-in-a-pulmonary-location-coxinga-can-be/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“So that wee bit of a thing is what you call a haiku-play? Quite awful! Ueda Bin is constantly pointing out in his essays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/so-that-wee-bit-of-a-thing-is-what-you-call-a-haiku-play-quite-awful/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“How deep, how recondite this seeming petty heart, In whose recesses right and wrong lie dimmed by distance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/how-deep-how-recondite-this-seeming-petty-heart-in-whose-recesses/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“The autumn leaves, arranged in two or three scarlet terraces among the pine-trees, have fallen like ancient dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/the-autumn-leaves-arranged-in-two-or-three-scarlet-terraces-among-the/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“When twilight fell, first upon knickers and then upon surcoats, there came the dawn of Japanese skirted-trousers. These were designed by monsters peeved by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/when-twilight-fell-first-upon-knickers-and-then-upon-surcoats-there/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“With a palate as unrefined as mine I can’t taste any difference between this French food and what we had at that sleazy bar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/with-a-palate-as-unrefined-as-mine-i-can-t-taste-any-difference/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“Had I had the misfortune to dwell in some other household, I might have lived nine lives and never known that such remarkable scholars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/had-i-had-the-misfortune-to-dwell-in-some-other-household-i-might/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“On my arrival at Tokyo, I rushed into her house swinging my valise, before going to a hotel, with "Hello, Kiyo, I'm back!" "How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/on-my-arrival-at-tokyo-i-rushed-into-her-house-swinging-my-valise/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

> [“Approach everything rationally, and you become harsh. Pole along in the stream of emotions, and you will be swept away by the current. Give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soseki-natsume/approach-everything-rationally-and-you-become-harsh-pole-along-in-the/)

[Sōseki Natsume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soseki-natsume/)

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