Japan Quotes

When [Japanese] women encouraged men to bask in public glory, it reminded me of the way you would indulge a child with a sweet-bean treat.

In direct confrontation, the [Japanese] women might yield like blades of grass -- and spring back just as quickly. One of them compared this flexibility to the Vietcong guerrillas…

The blue of the sky is one of the most special colors in the world, because the color is deep but see-through both at the same time.

Between the new, happy him, and the old, depressing him, there stood in the way only his lack of imagination.

Your daughter's coming of age, you ought to let her see the world a little.

I really hope that the Japanese are going to stop demonstrating to the world what man-made radiation does to people.

For everything sacred has the substance of dreams and memories, and so we experience the miracle of what is separated from us by time or distance suddenly being made tangible.

It was as if - this something I thought of only later, of course - she was gently peeling back one layer after another that covered a person's heart, a very sensual feeling.

There are some things in this world that can be done over, and some that can't. And time passing is one thing that can't be undone. Come this far, and you can't go back.

It was as if-this is something I thought of only later, of course-she was gently peeling bcd one layer after another hat covered a person's heart, a very sensual feeling.

It was as if - this something I thought of only later, of course - she were gently peeling back one layer after another that covered a person's heart, a very sensual feeling.

If you don't have a whole lot of unsatisfied people, the economy stops dead, doesn't it?

You know Americans...Self-improvement. No matter who or what we are, we're always working on ways to become somebody else.

The face of self-pity was universally understood.

Purification in Shinto lifts the burden from the shoulders of the individual and washes it away.

In a time like this, let us trust in God even more. To trust when life is easy is no trust.

In this manner, we are told, the system of the imaginary is spread circularly, by detours and returns the length of an empty subject.

Gift giving is part of the culture no matter where you are and no matter how long you stay.

And so I told him how living in Japan would give him a leisure no mere tourist has, to know the rhythms of the place, a land of tiny poems.

In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it’s reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else.

One very good way to invite stares of disapproval in Japan is to walk and eat at the same time.

The only other white people we saw during the three days we stayed there were a German couple intent on taking pictures of their stuffed sheep in a variety of locations around the world.

I wish I could see a cherry blossom or a lotus flower. Where could they be?

Life in this village is like that of a louse hanging on to a wrinkle in a loincloth.

I am a lonely man, ' Sensei said. 'And so I am glad that you come to see me. But I am also a melancholy man, and so I asked you why you should wish to visit me so often.

Life has a time limit. And we are changing all the time. So are our ambitions, desires, and purposes . . . The important thing is to find something that never changes in you.

Constant love despite almost impossible anti-clamix towards this place of the rising sun...

Her eyes flashed, hot and angry, like lightening cutting through a red sunset.

It seems like the best escape games come from Japan for some reason. It makes me proud.

Minding his own business had been his motto living in a strange foreign country with a world-recognized social issue of failing morals.

My Japanese isn’t much better today, but at least now I appreciate my duality more than when I was a punk kid.

Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence.

Japan is the first nation in the world to accord 'comic books'--originally a 'humorous' form of entertainment mainly for young people--nearly the same social status as novels and films.

Shigemori's body of work is a compelling manifesto for continuous cultural renewal.

From New Year's Eve through the third of January, the streets of Tokyo grew quiet, as if all the people had disappeared.

Truly a good horse, good ground to gallop on, and sunshine, make up the sum of enjoyable travelling.

The secret to making yourself stronger is to absorb the strength of the people around you—energy begets energy.

I’m very headstrong. Once I’ve caught fire, there’s no dousing the flames—all engines full speed ahead.

Comics are drawings, not photographs, and as such they present a subjective view of reality.

Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either.

In Japanese swordsmanship, it is not uncommon to speak of a unity of mind, body, and sword.

He did not care about titles and was proud to be a farmer beyond all else.

Integrating the beauty of seasonal change into the residence was a concept that remains true even today even in the more cramped, inner city machiya.

Cultures that do not wish to exist cannot be dissuaded from destroying themselves.

Kids with roofs and hot food have better things to do than play survival of the thuggiest.

All instruction is but as a finger pointing to the moon

In pursuing a ‘way, ’ Japanese typically move beyond an interest in craftsmanship to a kind of sacred search for the ultimate.

Great robber though he was, Kandata could only trash about like a dying frog as he choked on the blood of the pond.

How much does he lack himself who must have many things?

My goal is to draw a line with some 'flavor' to it.