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