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Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: And isn't it better really to leave things only hinted at?

And isn't it better really to leave things only hinted at?

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: The older we get the more we seem to think that everything was better in the past.

The older we get the more we seem to think that everything was better in the past.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: Our cooking depends upon shadows and is inseparable from darkness

Our cooking depends upon shadows and is inseparable from darkness

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: Her eyes, nose, hands, feet ... Each part was a supreme delicacy, and I was insatiable.

Her eyes, nose, hands, feet ... Each part was a supreme delicacy, and I was insatiable.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: But once you start doubting,it's hard to know what to believe.

But once you start doubting,it's hard to know what to believe.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.

Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: I wanted to boast to everyone,"This woman is mine. Take a look at my treasure.

I wanted to boast to everyone,"This woman is mine. Take a look at my treasure.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: The heart of mine is only one, it cannot be known by anybody but myself.

The heart of mine is only one, it cannot be known by anybody but myself.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing provides.

We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing provides.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: If I know from the start that I'm going to be alone, I'm not lonely. It doesn't bother me.

If I know from the start that I'm going to be alone, I'm not lonely. It doesn't bother me.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.

Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.

We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: Each worm to his taste;some prefer to eat nettles.

Each worm to his taste;
some prefer to eat nettles.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: There are those who hold that to quibble over matters of taste in the basic necessities of life is an extravagance

There are those who hold that to quibble over matters of taste in the basic necessities of life is an extravagance

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: For a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face -a full body was unnecessary.

For a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face -a full body was unnecessary.

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: ...she basked gratefully in the warmth of her husband's love

...she basked gratefully in the warmth of her husband's love

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki quotes: Can it be, I wondered, that life without her is so dull as this?

Can it be, I wondered, that life without her is so dull as this?