“Like the first whiff of burning incense, or like the taste of one's first cup of saké, there is in love that moment when all its power is felt.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“...you don't really become a finer person just by reading lots of books.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“Tea is, in fact, a marvelous drink. To those who spurn it on the grounds of insomnia, I say that it’s better to be deprived of sleep than of tea.”
― The Three-Cornered World
― The Three-Cornered World
“You see, loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egoistical selves.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“It is not you in particular that I distrust, but the whole of humanity.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
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