I don't think there is any point in continuing writing. Since I have neither killed nor been killed, there's nothing further to explain. (Box Man, p. 38)

Kōbō Abe


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People like me who lack something are liable to become spiteful critics.

Kōbō Abe


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Loneliness was an unsatisfied thirst for illusion.

Kōbō Abe


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Animal smell is beyond philosophy.

Kōbō Abe


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Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?

Kōbō Abe

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

Kōbō Abe


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

Kōbō Abe

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You don't need me. What you really need is a mirror. Because any stranger is for you simply a mirror in which to reflect yourself. I don't ever again want to return to such a desert of mirrors.

Kōbō Abe


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

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

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