Whoever strives with all his might, that man we can redeem.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

One only sees what one already knows and understands.

美しさと哀しさとは何故これほどに通ひ合うのだろうか。

-- Yasunari Kawabata

The train came out of the long tunnel into the snow country.

-- Yasunari Kawabata

We Orientals create beauty by generating shadows in places that are nothing special.

-- Junichiro Tanizaki

The mastery of writing is ultimately an aesthetics, and it comes down to whether one can create one's own style.

-- Junichiro Tanizaki

Since the human heart is invisible to the eye...

-- Murasaki Shikibu

There is no such thing as a perfect sentence. Just as there is no such thing as perfect despair.

-- Yukio Mishima