104 Quotes About Japanese-literature

People can endure almost anything but there's one thing they can't survive. Man is an animal that can't stand boredom

I recall the months and years I spent as the intimate of someone whose affections have now faded like cherry blossoms scattering even before a wind blew.

It’s odd how one’s memories of youth turn out so bleak. Why does the business of growing up—one’s recollections of growth itself—have to be so tragic? I still haven’t found the answer. I doubt if anybody has. When I finally reach that stage at which the placid wisdom of old age...occasionally descends on a person, then I too may suddenly discover that I understand. But I doubt whether, by that time, understanding will have much point.

風も吹くなり　雨も降るなり生きているしあわせは波間のかもめの如くびょうぼうとただよい生きているしあわせはあなたも知っているわたしもよく知っている花のいのちは短くて苦しきことのみ多かれど風も吹くなり雲も光るなり

人生が仕立ておろしのセビロのように、しっかり身に合う人間にとっては、文学が必要でないし、必要でないことはむしろ自慢してよいことだ。