Siddhartha
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The purpose and the essential properties were not somewhere behind the things, they were in them, in everything.
“...we have the satisfaction of knowing that whatever we did, we did at the time in the best of faith. Of course, we took some bold steps and often did things with much single-mindedness; but this is surely preferable to never putting one's convictions to the test, for lack of will or courage.”
― An Artist of the Floating World
― An Artist of the Floating World
“This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
“History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
“An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it.”
― An Artist of the Floating World
― An Artist of the Floating World
“There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life”
― An Artist of the Floating World
― An Artist of the Floating World
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