Oe Kenzaburo Quotes & Sayings
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The writer's job is the job of a clown ... the clown who also talks about sorrow. —
Kenzaburo Oe

He has a heart so huge, it's kept pumping, kept going long past endurance - even though life has bruised it to a pulp. —
Nalini Singh

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

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

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

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

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

The dream for any parent is you want to raise happy, healthy, responsible, compassionate, kind kids. We all have a responsibility to do that. —
Gayle King

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

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

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

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

Most people want to feel a part of the experience, —
John C. Maxwell

I tend to process emotional stuff very, very slowly. —
Michel Faber

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

... 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

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

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