Illusion Quote by Kobo Abe

“People like me who lack something are liable to become spiteful critics.”

— 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…

— Kōbō 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…

— Kōbō Abe

“What we mean when we say "terrible conditions" is conditions which we are aware of as being terrible.”

— Kōbō 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.”

— Kōbō 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…

— Kōbō Abe

“It is manifestly pregnant and has a bulging white belly heavy with its load of kittens.”

— Kōbō 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.…

— Kobo Abe

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

— Kobo Abe

“Being free always involves being lonely.”

— Kōbō Abe

“Everyone has his own philosophy that doesn't hold good for anybody else.”

— Kōbō 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.”

— Kōbō Abe