

“I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your insults in the future. I bear with my loneliness now, in order to avoid greater loneliness in the years ahead. 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 egotistical selves.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro

“On the whole, all people are good, or at least they're normal. The frightening thing is that they can suddenly turn bad when it comes to the crunch.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro

“یحدث أحیاناً أن نلتقي بأشخاص نجھلھم تمام الجھل ومع ذلك نشعر باھتمام بھم وبدافع یقربنا منھم قبل أن نبادلھم كلمھ واحدة”
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“المودة والكراهية هما ما يحرك العالم، وليس المنطق”
― Botchan
― Botchan

“Who are we to judge the needs of another man’s heart?”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
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