“The destination of the soul: this is what I, led on by Nils Holgersson, came to seek in the literature of Western Europe. I fervently hope that my pursuit, as a Japanese, of literature and culture will, in some small measure, repay Western Europe for the light it has shed upon the human condition.” HumansSoulLightCultureLiteratureConditionsEuropeWesternPursuitDestinationHuman ConditionShedWestern Europe Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“There could be joy in destruction, too, couldn't there? Isn't Jesus Christ's Second Coming supposed to occur only after a lot of unmitigated destruction? But again, human history is fraught with tragedies in which man spared no effort to destroy with millenarian joy, only to learn that no messiah appeared afterwards.” MenHumansJoyJesusChristEffortJesus ChristDestructionTragedyHuman HistoryMessiah Book:A Quiet Life Source: A Quiet Life
“The people of Hiroshima went to work at once to restore human society in the aftermath of the great atomic flood. They were concerned to salvage their own lives, but in the process they also salvaged the souls of the people who have brought the atomic bomb.” PeopleHumansSoulProcessConcernedBombsFloodHuman SocietyAftermathAtomic BombHiroshimaSalvage Author:Kenzaburo Oe
