"They were words that came out of nothing, but they seemed to him somehow significant. He muttered them over again."

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Source : Yasunari Kawabata (2013). “The Sound of the Mountain”, p.79, Vintage

Yasunari Kawabata

#Significant Quotes

“If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to be so, not because they are rich”

Source : Charles Wagner (1903). “The Simple Life”
“And you can't have two stars in one relationship. Somebody has to be willing to be the wagon...at lease some of the time”
“Carelessness on the part of revolutionaries has always been the best aid the police have.”
“Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.”
“It's tremendously hard work. Yes, I love arranging the words and having them fall on the ear the right way and you know you're not quite there and you're redoing it and redoing it and there's a wonderful thrill to it. But it is hard.”

Source : "The Authors' Roundtable". Interview with Jon Meacham, www.newsweek.com. June 26, 2009.
“It never occurs to you when you are very young to need something other than what your parents have to offer you.”
“To be an overachiever you have to be an over believer.”
“We're just taking people and shifting them from taking photos anyway to taking them on Instagram.”

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