"Because maybe, in a way, we didn't leave……" — Kazuo Ishiguro
"Because maybe, in a way, we didn't leave it behind nearly as much as we might once have thought. Because somewhere underneath, a part of us stayed like that: fearful of the world around us, and no matter how much we despised ourselves for it--unable quite to let each other go."
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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138 Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro
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I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way.
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You say you’re sure? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?
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I still have a suspicion of charity and think the state has a role to play in many areas. And…
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I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British and my future was in Britain. And…
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I have the feeling of this completely alternative person I should have become. There was another life that I might…
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Don’t you wonder sometimes, what might have happened if you tried?
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