Some Prefer Nettles Quotes

“[…] we can’t make a decision between being sad for a little while and being wretched for the rest of our lives. Or rather we’ve made the decision and have trouble finding the courage to carry it through.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Some Prefer Nettles

“Each worm to his taste;
some prefer to eat nettles.”
― Junichiro Tanizaki, Some Prefer Nettles

“If I've changed, I've changed."
"Have you really changed, or are you only making a show?"
"Making a show?"
"Yes."
"...I don't really know.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Some Prefer Nettles

“But does a decent man make promises just to please a woman? Isn't it more honest to refuse to?"
"I don't like that sort of honesty. It's not honesty, it's lack of steadiness.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Some Prefer Nettles

“You are being very demanding indeed. Where, I wonder, will we find the woman to satisfy you You really should have stayed single--all woman-worshippers should be single. They never find the woman who answers all the requirements.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Some Prefer Nettles

“But when Kaname asked: "Would you like to separate, then?" Misako answered: "Would you?" They knew that divorce was the solution, and yet neither had the courage to propose it, each was left face to face with his own weakness.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Some Prefer Nettles

“Children retain a great deal, and when they grow up they start going over things and rejudging them from a grownup's point of view. This must have been this way, and that was that way, they say. That's why you have to be careful with children—some day they grow up.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Some Prefer Nettles

“Le tromper sous prétexte que c'était un enfant lui paraissant aussi coupable que de tromper un adulte.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Some Prefer Nettles