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Kenzaburo Oe quotes: If any suffering was fruitless it was the agony of a hangover; what he suffered now could not expiate suffering of any other kind.

If any suffering was fruitless it was the agony of a hangover; what he suffered now could not expiate suffering of any other kind.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.

The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.

It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: It takes a person of great care and insight to watch for any abnormality in the green grass even while it grows abundantly and healthily.

It takes a person of great care and insight to watch for any abnormality in the green grass even while it grows abundantly and healthily.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.

I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: There's no better reading experience than going to the place where a text was written.

There's no better reading experience than going to the place where a text was written.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: It's a little bit like what Akari said to his grandmother in Shikoku, during her final illness: 'Please cheer up and die!

It's a little bit like what Akari said to his grandmother in Shikoku, during her final illness: 'Please cheer up and die!

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: To be upright and to have an imagination: that is enough to be a very good young man.

To be upright and to have an imagination: that is enough to be a very good young man.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: Peril-ridden and fragile, the imperfect human body, what a shameful thing it was!

Peril-ridden and fragile, the imperfect human body, what a shameful thing it was!

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: I don't think young people need to see the face of the deceased.

I don't think young people need to see the face of the deceased.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: In silence, Bird reflected sadly on his wife's misconception of the nature of Swahili.

In silence, Bird reflected sadly on his wife's misconception of the nature of Swahili.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.

The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: From the instant the atomic bomb exploded, it became the symbol of all human evil; it was a savagely primitive demon and a most modern curse.

From the instant the atomic bomb exploded, it became the symbol of all human evil; it was a savagely primitive demon and a most modern curse.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: The writer's job is the job of a clown ... the clown who also talks about sorrow.

The writer's job is the job of a clown ... the clown who also talks about sorrow.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: I wonder if it's suffering.""What, our generation?""The baby!

I wonder if it's suffering."
"What, our generation?"
"The baby!

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: If I'm a monster then I want to be a real monster. I'll become a monster and explode.

If I'm a monster then I want to be a real monster. I'll become a monster and explode.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic.

The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: Hiroshima is like a nakedly exposed wound inflicted on all mankind.

Hiroshima is like a nakedly exposed wound inflicted on all mankind.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: The fear of blindness created a moment's vacuum, serving as a relaxant for my exhausted and overheated brain.

The fear of blindness created a moment's vacuum, serving as a relaxant for my exhausted and overheated brain.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped.

After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: We are much too tolerant of the moral aberration of statesmen and bureaucrats.

We are much too tolerant of the moral aberration of statesmen and bureaucrats.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: ... I kept trying to run away. And I almost did. But it seems that reality compels you to live properly when you live in the real world.

... I kept trying to run away. And I almost did. But it seems that reality compels you to live properly when you live in the real world.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: In this age of ours it's hard to say with certainty that having lived was better than not having been born in the first place.

In this age of ours it's hard to say with certainty that having lived was better than not having been born in the first place.

Kenzaburo Oe quotes: Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.

Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.