It was like being given a maths problem when your brain's exhausted, and you know there's some far-off solution, but you can't work up the energy even to give it a go. Something in me just gave up.
Kazuo IshiguroI don't know why, but it didn't seem an option for more than one of us to storm off, and I wanted to make sure that one was me.
Kazuo IshiguroMemory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers, and no doubt this applies to certain of the recollections I have gathered here.
Kazuo IshiguroTags: memory
I suppose I do not on the whole greatly admire the 'Tortoises' of this world. While one may appreciate their plodding steadiness and ability to survive, one suspects their lack of frankness, their capacity for treachery. And I suppose, in the end, one despises their unwillingness to take chances in the name of ambition or for the sake of a principle they claim to believe in.
Kazuo IshiguroThere is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life
Kazuo IshiguroWhat is the point of worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one's life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment.
Kazuo Ishiguro...we have the satisfaction of knowing that whatever we did, we did at the time in the best of faith. Of course, we took some bold steps and often did things with much single-mindedness; but this is surely preferable to never putting one's convictions to the test, for lack of will or courage.
Kazuo IshiguroTags: inspirational-quotes
Mindig az jár a fejemben, hogy van valahol egy folyó, aminek nagyon gyors a sodrása. És ott a vízben az a két ember, és kapaszkodnak egymásba, kapaszkodnak, ahogy csak tudnak, de végül nem bírják tovább. Túlságosan erős az áramlat. El kell engedniük egymást, és elsodródnak egymástól. Úgy érzem, hogy velünk is ez a helyzet. Igazán kár, Kath, mert egész életünkben szerettük egymást. Mégsem maradhatunk együtt örökre.
Kazuo IshiguroA man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than the ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if he fails and loses a fortune on account of his ambitions
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if one has failed only where others have not had the courage or will to try, there is consolation - indeed, deep satisfaction - to be gained from his observation when looking back over one's life.
#Page no.134
Tags: ambition courage determination trying
Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something.
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