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“Whenever I started doing something you didn't like and you threatened me with the prospect of failure, my reverence for your opinion was so great that failure was, even if only at a later time, inevitable. I lost confidence in my own abilities. I was unsteady, doubtful. The older I got, the more material you could hold against me as proof of my worthlessness; gradually, in a certain regard, you began actually to be right.”
― Letter to His Father
― Letter to His Father
“Sometimes the only way to get closure is by accepting that you'll never get it.”
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“People you love never die. That is what Omai had said, all those years ago. And he was right. They don't die. Not completely. They live in your mind, the way they always lived inside you. You keep their light alive. If you remember them well enough, they can still guide you, like the shine of long-extinguished stars could guide ships in unfamiliar waters.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“Yes, it is. But never forget that it is power given by mother nature. With her bounty, we can cultivate her body to grow hill paddy, ubi kayu, corn, and more. With fallen trees, we can make our home. We can either choose to make it a tool that encourages more growth, or take her gift and turn it into weapon against her. We are here and we are living because of her generosity. She gives and look after our people. In return, we do the same.”
― Solastalgia: Forest, Crafts, and the People
― Solastalgia: Forest, Crafts, and the People
“I was convinced I would never even get through the first year at school, but I succeeded, I was even awarded a prize; but I would certainly never pass the grammar-school entrance exam, yet again I succeeded; but then I would certainly fail my year at school, but no, I did not fail, in fact I kept on succeeding. But this did not give me confidence, on the contrary, I became convinced - and your disapproving face was formal proof of this - that the more I succeeded, the worse my eventual downfall would be.”
― Letter to His Father
― Letter to His Father
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