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title: "1 Survive Survive Quotes By Kobo Abe"
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> [“Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/do-you-shovel-to-survive-or-survive-to-shovel/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/kobo-abe-9863_shovel_do-you-shovel-to-survive-or-survive-to-s_3092557.jpg)

## More by Kobo Abe

> [“People like me who lack something are liable to become spiteful critics.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/people-like-me-who-lack-something-are-liable-to-become-spiteful/)

[Kobo Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“I rather think the world is like sand. The fundamental nature of sand is very difficult to grasp when you think of it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/i-rather-think-the-world-is-like-sand-the-fundamental-nature-of-sand/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“Injuries to the body, especially the face, are not treated simply as problems of form. We should rather speak of themas belonging in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/injuries-to-the-body-especially-the-face-are-not-treated-simply-as/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“What we mean when we say "terrible conditions" is conditions which we are aware of as being terrible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/what-we-mean-when-we-say-terrible-conditions-is-conditions-which-we/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“He wanted to believe that his own lack of movement had stopped all movement in the world, the way a hibernating frog abolishes winter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/he-wanted-to-believe-that-his-own-lack-of-movement-had-stopped-all/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“One could not do without repetition in life, like the beating of the heart, but it was also true that the beating of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/one-could-not-do-without-repetition-in-life-like-the-beating-of-the/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“It is manifestly pregnant and has a bulging white belly heavy with its load of kittens.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/it-is-manifestly-pregnant-and-has-a-bulging-white-belly-heavy-with/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don't know the vanity and the nothingness of writing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/many-people-ask-why-a-writer-commits-suicide-but-i-think-that-people/)

[Kobo Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/defeat-begins-with-the-fear-that-one-has-lost/)

[Kobo Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“Being free always involves being lonely.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/being-free-always-involves-being-lonely/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“Everyone has his own philosophy that doesn't hold good for anybody else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/everyone-has-his-own-philosophy-that-doesn-t-hold-good-for-anybody/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal; we’re touched by it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/it-would-seem-that-marsupials-are-poor-imitations-of-full-fledged/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“The suffering of being imprisoned rests in the fact that it is impossible, at any time, to escape from oneself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/the-suffering-of-being-imprisoned-rests-in-the-fact-that-it-is/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [When I was young, I could bounce back from things like a brand-new rubber ball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/when-i-was-young-i-could-bounce-back-from-things-like-a-brand-new/)

[Kobo Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

> [“If there were no risk of a punishment, a getaway would lose the pleasure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobo-abe/if-there-were-no-risk-of-a-punishment-a-getaway-would-lose-the/)

[Kōbō Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobo-abe/)

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