Yasunari Kawabata Quotes

My novel has found a beautiful soul. How shall I write it? Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words...

Even when natural weather is good, human weather is bad.

国境の長いトンネルを抜けると雪国であった。夜の底が白くなった。信号所に汽車が止まった。

… el tiempo se divide en muchas corrientes. Como en un río, hay una corriente central rápida en algunos sectores y lenta, hasta inmóvil, en otros. El tiempo cósmico es igual para todos, pero el tiempo humano difiere con cada persona. El tiempo corre de la misma manera para todos los seres humanos; pero todo ser humano flota de distinta manera en el tiempo (…) Las corrientes del tiempo nunca son iguales para dos personas, ni siquiera cuando son amantes...

Οι γέροι έχουν το θάνατο ενώ οι νέοι έχουν τον έρωτα, ο θάνατος έρχεται μια φορά, ενώ ο έρωτας έρχεται και ξαναέρχεται πολλές φορές.

Father's life was only a very small part of the life of a tea bowl.

As it became clear to Shimamura that he had from the start wanted only this woman, and that he had taken his usual roundabout way of saying so, he began to see himself as rather repulsive and the woman as all the more beautiful

Сякаш някакво друго сърце размаха криле в гърдите на стария Егучи.

Ella, mientras dormía, pronunciaba palabras de amor con los dedos de los pies.

But love flowed into the apology, to coddle and mollify the guilt.

The notes went out crystalline into the clean winter morning, to sound on the far, snowy peaks.

Love is my only lifeline.

I like the idea of saying thank you on behalf of the weather.

if you wanna be somebody be yourself dont try to be anybody your not

Two middle-aged American couples came back from the dining car and, as soon as they could see Mt. Fuji, past Numazu, stood at the windows eagerly taking photographs. By the time Fuji was completely visible, down to the fields at its base, they seemed tired of photographing and had turned their backs to it.