Ikim Calin

“No matter what the circumstances, no man can completely escape from vanity.”
― Shūsaku Endō, Silence

“Man is a strange being. He always has a feeling somewhere in his heart that whatever the danger he will pull through. It's just like when on a rainy day you imagine the faint rays of the sun shining on a distant hill.”
― Shūsaku Endō, Silence

“When you suffer, I suffer with you. To the end I am close to you.”
― Shūsaku Endō, Silence

“It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for the miserable and corrupt.”
― Shūsaku Endō, Silence