"Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate."

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Source : Yasunari Kawabata (2013). “Thousand Cranes”, p.145, Vintage

Yasunari Kawabata

#Fate Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Decision Quotes

“By educating women to use all their brains, men will not only be just, but will also ensure the future of a new social order in which women will apply their intelligence and warm feelings to the problems of living. Men are fools to entrust the upbringing of their sons, whom they expect to grow up to love freedom, to women who have never known freedom themselves.”
“I remember being with a girlfriend who asked me to look over some chess openings with her. I instantly fell asleep. I found that I could always take a nap in any situation by just looking at some opening variation - my eyes would shut right away.”
“I don't remember any dream. All I remember is waking up and feeling that there had been a change while I was sleeping.”

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“Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action.”

Source : George Gillespie (1846). “The Presbyterian's Armoury: and II. The works of Mr. George Gillespie, with memoir of his life and writings”
“The future is always here in the past”
“...this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so many human beings so reluctant to laugh, so incapable of thought, so eager to believe and snarl and hate.”
“Writing is the act of discovery.”
“I don't know. I think there are fans out there who know that too and who wonder whether Ron would have really been able to make her happy.”

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