"I wonder what the retirement age is in……" — Yasunari Kawabata

I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business. The… - Yasunari Kawabata

"I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business. The day you die."

— Yasunari Kawabata

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26 Quotes by Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata has 26 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn.
The labor into which a heart has poured its whole love--where will it have its say, to excite and inspire,…
And I can't complain. After all, only woemn are able really to love
Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant…
The snow on the distant mountains was soft and creamy, as if veiled in a faint smoke.
THE TRAIN came out of the long tunnel into the snow country.
The winter moon becomes a companion, the heart of the priest, sunk in meditation upon religion and philosophy, there in…
A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you…
The sound of the freezing of snow over the land seemed to roar deep into the earth. There was no…
Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty.
The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was…
The road was frozen. The village lay quiet under the cold sky. Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono…

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More Age Quotes

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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