--- title: "3 Yasushi Inoue Quotes" description: "Yasushi Inoue was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclai..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/yasushi-inoue-66110_listening_his-practice-was-to-listen-noncommittall_34019.jpg" --- # Yasushi Inoue **3** quotes in **6** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Yasushi Inoue was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclaimed works include The Bullfight, The Roof Tile of Tempyō and Tun-huang. ## Quotes by Yasushi Inoue > [“His practice was to listen noncommittally with half his mind, while he allowed the other half to lose itself in utterly unrelated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasushi-inoue/his-practice-was-to-listen-noncommittally-with-half-his-mind-while-he/) Yasushi Inoue [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/yasushi-inoue-66110_listening_his-practice-was-to-listen-noncommittall_34019.jpg) > [“I want to live so that everything around me remains clean. I want to think about other people more. Pushing people out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasushi-inoue/i-want-to-live-so-that-everything-around-me-remains-clean-i-want-to/) Yasushi Inoue [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/yasushi-inoue-66110_quote_i-want-to-live-so-that-everything-around_840216.jpg) > [“I longed to devote my life to something valuable with a fervor that would consume my being. Young people today probably think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasushi-inoue/i-longed-to-devote-my-life-to-something-valuable-with-a-fervor-that/) Yasushi Inoue [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/yasushi-inoue-66110_character_i-longed-to-devote-my-life-to-something_1862584.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasushi-inoue/#itemlist", "name": "Yasushi Inoue Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“His practice was to listen noncommittally with half his mind, while he allowed the other half to lose itself in utterly unrelated , often deeply lonely musings. 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