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Es decir..., lo que yo creo es que el hombre piensa en el significado de la vida porque sabe con certeza que va morir algún día. (...) Nadie sabe lo q...more

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Looking up at [the sky], I think about the October evening world, where 'people' must be going about their lives. Beneath that pale autumn light, they...more

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I feel as if the world is listening for my next thought. But I can't think of anything. Sorry, but I just can't think of anything.

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Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?We can invest enormous time and energy in serio...more

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If something came out of the deal, it couldn’t make things any worse for us than they already were, I thought. But I couldn’t have been more wrong. He...more

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I was dying to have a cat. But they wouldn't let me. My mother hated them. Not once in my life have I managed to get something I really wanted. Not on...more

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Here's what I think, Mr. Wind-Up Bird," said May Kasahara. "Everybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence. And that thing,...more

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Unable to sleep after the others had drowsed off, I crawled out of the tent and lay on the ground, looking at the sky. Now and then, a shooting star w...more

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I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.

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No matter how much enthusiasm and effort you put into writing, if you totally lack literary talent you can forget about being a novelist.

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Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane.

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The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.

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For me- and for everybody else, probably- this is my first experience growing old, and the emotions I'm having, too, are all first-time feelings. If i...more

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The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remain...more

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It might be a little silly for someone getting to be my age to put this into words, but I just want to make sure I get the facts down clearly : I'm th...more