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His expression hardened. It was unpleasant to have feelings that he had been at pains to check aroused to no purpose — Kobo Abe

The world itself, like the mask, began to seem difficult to believe in, and I was stricken with an unutterable sense of loneliness. — Kobo Abe

A plausible rumor / Seems a lot more believable / Than the truth itself. — Kobo Abe

Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate. — Kobo Abe

The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us. — Kobo Abe

Green makes me think of silence, or maybe it's loneliness. I get the feeling of a terribly distant star. — Kobo Abe

Being free always involves being lonely. — Kobo Abe

The torment of imprisonment lies in not being able to escape from oneself at any time. — Kobo Abe

Nothing is so awkward as a demonstration of humanity by the enemy. — Kobo Abe

If there were no risk of a punishment, a getaway would lose the pleasure. — Kobo Abe

It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal; we're touched by it. — Kobo Abe

Compared to the you in my heart, the I in you is insignificant. — Kobo Abe

You can't force yourself into something you can't understand, you know. — Kobo Abe

It is manifestly pregnant and has a bulging white belly heavy with its load of kittens. — Kobo Abe

No matter how many faces I have, there is no changing the fact that I am me. — Kobo Abe

Everyone has his own philosophy that doesn't hold good for anybody else. — Kobo Abe

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

What we mean when we say "terrible conditions" is conditions which we are aware of as being terrible. — Kobo Abe

Time cannot be spurred on like a horse. — Kobo Abe

You can only do what you can no matter how you try. — Kobo Abe

Only the happy ones return to contentment. Those who were sad return to despair. — Kobo Abe

Life wouldn't be easier or not easier. Aren't both generalizations logically impossible? Since there's no correlation, there can be no comparison. — Kobo Abe

Could having a face be such an important requirement? Was being seen the cost of the right to see? — Kobo Abe

When will you ever accept the true ugliness of health? — Kobo Abe

Something whose connection with human experience we cannot grasp is bound to be frightening. — Kobo Abe

Loneliness - since I was trying to escape it - was hell; and yet for the hermit who seeks it, it is apparently happiness. — Kobo Abe

It's a dangerous dog that doesn't bark. — Kobo Abe

Perhaps the act of writing is necessary when nothing happens. — Kobo Abe

But for some reason I have not yet become a fish. - The Box Man, p.36 — Kobo Abe

-Well, what happens with the River of Hades in the end?
-Not a thing. It's an infernal punishment precisely because nothing happens. — Kobo Abe

He wanted to believe that his own lack of movement had stopped all movement in the world, the way a hibernating frog abolishes winter. — Kobo Abe

So nothing will ever be written down again. Perhaps the act of writing is necessary only when nothing happens. — Kobo Abe

The minute you begin to have doubts, the floor under your feet starts to shake. — Kobo Abe

Clinging to one's outward appearance interferes with living. — Kobo Abe

Perhaps it would be better to say that, rather than losing their passion, they had frozen it by over-idealizing it. — Kobo Abe

It was as if, without realizing it, I had been completely disarmed by her legs. — Kobo Abe

The future is forever a projection of the present. — Kobo Abe

Basically, there is nothing new in the behavior of monsters, for the monster himself is nothing more than an invention of his victims. — Kobo Abe

If one clung too closely to reality, the result might well be far from realistic. — Kobo Abe

Work seemed something fundamental for man, something which enabled him to endure the aimless flight of time. — Kobo Abe

A keener interest in trinkets of self-adornment than in people is a symptom of alienation. — Kobo Abe

The thorn of death falls from heaven, and its myriad forms leave us no room to move. — Kobo Abe

One measure of a civilization, in fact, is the percentage of misfits in its society. — Kobo Abe

Things have value Because somebody buys them, Because somebody pays money; If you can find a buyer, Even a lie is worth a thousand yen. — Kobo Abe

Loneliness was an unsatisfied thirst for illusion. — Kobo Abe

Rather than run aimlessly away, it would be best, I suppose, to face the situation squarely and get used to it once and for all. — Kobo Abe

Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in flight. — Kobo Abe

Who could imagine that one could be so ridiculed, so humiliated by oneself? — Kobo Abe

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost. — Kobo Abe

A crowd isn't formed after people gather; people gather after the crowd forms. — Kobo Abe

Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel? — Kobo Abe

It's a real handicap to have a face with shifty eyes. — Kobo Abe

When I was young, I could bounce back from things like a brand-new rubber ball. — Kobo Abe