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“I think part of your success lies in the shock of recognition- or as the Japanese might say, 'the unexpected recognition of the faithful…

— Charles J. Shields

“They understood things of the spirit in Japan. They disembowelled themselves when anything went wrong.”

— Sylvia Plath

“producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an…

— Oscar Wilde

“Not about the Japanese, but about moments of perfection. commit it to memory and make good use of it.”

— Melina Marchetta

“Every direction an illusion, and every hour, minute, second. Effort. Making sense of this [partly] shared experience. Pretending we know everything.”

— Monaristw

“To give up our imaginary position as the center, to renounce it, not only intellectually but in the imaginative part of our soul, that…

— Simone Weil

“Different cultures and all that, but it’s true what they say about the Japanese being undemonstrative.”

— Donna Tartt

“But only in order to know if you, as you really are now, see yourself as you once were with all the illusions that…

— Luigi Pirandello

“Reading about Japan in the West is often like looking at a funhouse mirror through a kaleidoscope.”

— Nick Mamatas

“Without first knowing yourself, how can you know what is true? Illusion is inevitable without self knowledge. It is childish to be told and…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Colliding with the bright light Of my true self, My illusions scream loudly, Themselves illusions Created by other illusions, Finally knowing that Deep within…

— Ilchi Lee

“See, this is why you should never try to be PERFECT. It ruins your life. And then it KILLS you. But try telling that…

— Ann Writes