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Three Japanese Short Stories QUOTES

Three Japanese Short Stories QUOTES

1 " Oh, but once one has returned to the land of one's birth – there is no place more constricting – one's surroundings no longer permit such freedom, and one can no longer simply transcend the demands of social position. "

― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Three Japanese Short Stories

2 " Heroes have always been monsters who crushed sentimentalism underfoot. "

― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Three Japanese Short Stories

3 " No, nothing in this world is as oppressive and debilitating as blood ties. Any other relationship – be it friend, lover, wife; be it obligatory or constraining or difficult – is something one has consciously entered into at some point. Only one's ties with parents and siblings are formed at birth and are unbreakable. "

― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Three Japanese Short Stories

4 " For her I would gladly ferry across the Sumida on the coldest winter day to buy her those sakura-mochi sweets from old Edo that she loved so much. But medicine? That is another matter. Not even on the warmest day would I want to go buy her medicine. "

― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Three Japanese Short Stories