"Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost."

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Source : Kobo Abe (2011). “The Woman in the Dunes”, p.124, Vintage

Kobo Abe

#Defeat Quotes #Lost Quotes

“Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we've strayed from the path of our better nature and intentions. We know what that's like, and we resist it - so as not to feel like we're bad people.”
“dying nowadays is more gruesome in many ways, namely, more lonely, mechanical, and dehumanized; at times it is even difficult to determine technically when the time of death has occurred.”
“The Constitution of India seeks to guarantee respect for the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, and the integrity of the electoral process. But time and again, provisions of the Constitution of India have been flagrantly violated in Kashmir, and the ideals that it enshrines have been forgotten.”
“Scientific advertising has altered many old plans and conceptions. It has proved many long established methods to be folly”
“The first thing you ought to do when you find yourself in a hole is quit digging. . . . Instead they are looking for a bigger shovel.”
“Our heart is like a reservoir from which our lives flow.”
“She was a thin woman in a mustard-yellow suit, with a yellowish complexion, short-cropped rusty red hair, and a stiff posture. She reminded Reynie of a giant walking pencil.”
“The key to skeleton is to find the line, and I think I spend most of training figuring out where that sweet spot is.”

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