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The Face of Another
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Kōbō Abe
“Only the happy ones return to contentment. Those who were sad return to despair.”
Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes

Kōbō Abe
“What in heaven's name was the real essence of this beauty? Was it the precision of nature with its physical laws, or was it nature's mercilessness, ceaselessly resisting man's understanding?”
Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes

Kōbō Abe
“Could having a face be such an important requirement? Was being seen the cost of the right to see?”
Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another

Kōbō Abe
“I rather think the world is like sand. The fundamental nature of sand is very difficult to grasp when you think of it in its stationary state. Sand not only flows, but this very flow is the sand.”
Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes

Philip K. Dick
“Life ... is only heavy and none else; there is only the one trip, all heavy. Heavy that leads to the grave. For everyone and everything.”
Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

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