The Changeling Quotes

“It's a little bit like what Akari said to his grandmother in Shikoku, during her final illness: 'Please cheer up and die!”
― Kenzaburō Ōe, The Changeling

“her mother was obsessed with the idea that Ura should become a college professor, as compensation for her parents’ unrealized dreams.”
― Kenzaburō Ōe, The Changeling

“Apparently the Lindbergh kidnapping case had made a deep impression on Sendak’s psyche when he was a child, and, as Kogito explained, this picture book was inspired by those memories.”
― Kenzaburō Ōe, The Changeling