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“We who are born into this age of freedom and independence and the self must undergo this loneliness. It is the price we pay for these times of ours.”

Self Independence Egoism Kokoro

Author:Natsume Soseki

“If he let one day pass without glancing at a single page, habit led him to feel a vague sense of decay. Therefore, in the face of most intrusions, he tried to arrange it so that he could stay in touch with the printed word. There were moments when he felt that books constituted his only legitimate province.”

Reading Literature Books Reading Habit Booknerd

Book:And Then

Source: And Then

“Watch birth and death: The lotus has already Opened its flower.”

Author:Natsume Soseki

“Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”

Words Japanese Literature Japanese Words Have Power Japanese Culture

Author:Natsume Soseki

“The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.”

Writing Novels Narratives

Book:The Three-Cornered World

Source: The Three-Cornered World

“Me parece que por cada tipo de personaje que exista en una novela, habrá al menos una persona en el mundo justamente como él. Nosotros los humanos somos sencillamente incapaces de imaginar acciones o comportamientos no humanos.”

Author:Natsume Soseki

“I am grabbed by the scruff of the neck and pitched clean out of the room. It seems that this sudden aversion stems from human disgust with those barely visible and totally insignificant insects which I harbor. A heartless and most callous attitude! How can such inconsiderate behavior possibly be justified by the presence in my coat of one or two thousand footling fleas? The answer is, of course, that Article One of those Laws of Love (by which all humans creatures regulate their lives) specifically enjoins that «ye shall love one another for so long as it serves thine individual interest.»”

Life Lessons Natsume Soseki I Am A Cat

Book:我是猫

Source: 我是猫