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The Wild Geese QUOTES

The Wild Geese QUOTES

1 " I don't remember who spoke first, but I do recall the first words between us: "How often we meet among old books!"
This was the start of our friendship. "

― Ōgai Mori , The Wild Geese

2 " An obstacle which would frighten discreet men is nothing to determined women. They dare what men avoid, and sometimes they achieve an unusual success. "

― Ōgai Mori , The Wild Geese

3 " In old Chinese novels, especially in the Kimpeibai, usually after every ten or twenty pages of innocent description, the author invariably throws in an indecent scene as if he were quite punctually fulfilling a promise. "

― Ōgai Mori , The Wild Geese

4 " Two can live on what won’t do for one "

― Ōgai Mori , The Wild Geese

5 " Poverty makes for a dull head "

― Ōgai Mori , The Wild Geese