Kōbō Abe said this quote

“ They say the level of civilization is proportionate to the degree of cleanliness of the skin. Assuming that man has a soul, it must, in all likelihood, be housed in the skin. ”

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Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?

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Defeat begins with the fear that one had lost.

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Just as trees bear their fruit before winter, just as bamboo grass produces its seeds just before it withers, sex is simply a struggle with death on the human level.

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You can only do what you can no matter how you try.

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