69 Quotes by Kōbō Abe

تکرار به نحوی هولناک ادامه داشت. بی تکرار نمی‌شد زندگی کرد، مثل ضربان قلب، البته این نکته هم درست بود که ضربان قلب همه چیز زندگی نبود

Loneliness was an unsatisfied thirst for illusion.

Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in flight.

Nature with her wealth of birds and flowers, Has in her heart a place for every weed; For her quick eyes require no microscope To note the varied wonders and delights That the Creator’s humblest works possess.

Green makes me think of silence, or maybe it’s loneliness. I get the feeling of a terribly distant star.

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.

It’s a dangerous dog that doesn’t bark.

Now that you are dead, you are splendid. Photographs of people who have just died are worth twenty percent more, and for suicides there is an additional five percent. Now that you are dead you are much in demand.