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The Face of Another

Book by Kōbō Abe · 10 quotes · Jealousy, Hypotheses, Japanese Literature

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“It was jealousy. Jealousy based on imagination...”

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“In the final analysis, jealousy itself is something like a pet cat that insists on its rights but does not accept its duties.”

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“Indeed, jealousy is an animal feeling, capable even of rising to murder. There are apparently two hypotheses about jealousy: that it is a product of civilization and that it is a basic instinct of animals.”

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“I had dreamt up a cause for my jealousy by myself and I was jealous because of myself.”

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“If I was so aware of things, I could immediately put a halt to the imaginings or order the mask to make a fresh start, but … why did I not do so? Not only did I do nothing, but, as if I had a lingering attachment for this jealousy, I egged the mask on, even tempting it. No, it was not a lingering attachment; it may indeed have been revenge. Perhaps I had fallen into a vicious circle, pouring oil on the fire, as it were, using the agony of jealousy to spur the mask to acts of violence, and then, by these acts of violence, stirring my jealousy even more.”

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“I was indeed in love with you. Though I was perhaps awkward about it, my love was constant. But the unhappy state of affairs was that I could affirm this love through awkwardness alone. I was like a child who cannot go on his school outing; at this point I could only be jealous of others.”

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“There are apparently two hypotheses about jealousy: that it is a product of civilization and that it is a basic instinct of animals.”

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“When you take all these voices together, the dimensions of the jail are no trifling matter. But that is to be expected. The crimes with which they are charged—the crime of having lost one’s face, the crime of shutting off the roadway to others, the crime of having lost understanding of others’ agonies and joys, the crime of having lost the fear and joy of discovering unknown things in others, the crime of having forgotten one’s duty to create for others, the crime of having lost a music heard together—these are crimes which express contemporary human relations, and thus the whole world assumes the form of a single penal colony. Even so, the anguish at my being a prisoner remains unchanged.”

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“Да, видимо, цель существования - трата свободы. Человек часто поступает так, будто цель жизни - накопить свободу, но не есть ли это иллюзия, проистекающая от хронического недостатка свободы? Как раз потому, что люди ставят перед собой такую цель, они начинают рассуждать о конце Вселенной, и одно из двух: либо превращаются в скряг, либо становятся религиозными фанатиками”

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“Čím je člověk nedokonalejší, tím přísnějším kritikem má tendence se stát.”

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