Quote by Kōbō Abe Download Open image ““It was as if, without realizing it, I had been completely disarmed by her legs.”” — Kōbō Abe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Every time she considered getting up and doing something, her limbs wouldn’t move.” — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
“She didn’t know what to do with the severed leg. She had cut it off, but she didn’t want to touch it or even… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
“About prying her legs apart, making her mine. But I didn’t want that. If she said no, I would stop. I wouldn’t hurt her,… — Natasha Knight Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when you'd least expect it, the grief would chop your legs out from under you.” — Emmy Laybourne Copy Share Image
“She felt like an amputee, reaching out reflexively with an arm she no longer had.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“I felt like crawling off and finding a way to kick myself in the rear. One twist of the leg, might not be too… — Lia Habel Copy Share Image
“Whenever I saw a person I couldn't place, I quickly looked at their legs - as if that would help me identify them.” — Adele Levine Copy Share Image
“People like me who lack something are liable to become spiteful critics.” — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
“I rather think the world is like sand. The fundamental nature of sand is very difficult to grasp when you think of it in… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“Injuries to the body, especially the face, are not treated simply as problems of form. We should rather speak of themas belonging in the… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“What we mean when we say "terrible conditions" is conditions which we are aware of as being terrible.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“He wanted to believe that his own lack of movement had stopped all movement in the world, the way a hibernating frog abolishes winter.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“One could not do without repetition in life, like the beating of the heart, but it was also true that the beating of the… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“It is manifestly pregnant and has a bulging white belly heavy with its load of kittens.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
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.… — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
“Everyone has his own philosophy that doesn't hold good for anybody else.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal; we’re touched by it.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
