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Would you be able to explain to us what it is?’ The best way to describe the concept of wabi-sabi (侘び寂び) is that it’s about embracing imperfections and appreciating the beauty in the incomplete or the imperfect.
“It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“Crime? What crime? ... My killing a loathsome, harmful louse, a filthy old moneylender woman ... and you call that a crime?”
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“The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by belittling them, excluding them, tripping them up) or as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone else (by acknowledging them, helping them, and rejoicing in their success).”
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“We can never truly see into the hearts of others. When people get lost in their own worries, they can be blind to the feelings of those most important to them.”
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold / Tales from the Café / Before Your Memory Fades
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold / Tales from the Café / Before Your Memory Fades
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