"The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live."

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Source : "A Personal Matter". Book by Kenzaburo Oe, 1964.

Kenzaburo Oe

“I wished I'd known weeks ago that we didn't have to be chaperoned. I remembered my old daydreams: the prince and I, alone together, cuddling and whispering... I probably would have wised up and brocken the engagement sooner.”
“People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science.”
“My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.”
“Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”
“When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.”
“Everybody get drunk and make bad decisions.”

Source : "Top 11 D.C. Sports Moments of 2007". Gilbert Arenas' remarks at his 25th birthday party, voices.washingtonpost.com. 2007.
“Coming into the business, you'd pass through these little agencies until you got to understand what was happening in the business, unless you were really able to have a style strong enough to go directly to the publishers.”
“Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, if my family wasn't with me and didn't support me, it would be really tough.”

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