Japanese writer (1924-1993)
No matter how much television dramas go on singing the cloying praises of the family, it is the outside world, full of enemies and lechers, that passes on a man's worth, pays his wages, and guarantees him the right to live.
KOBO ABE
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The Face of Another
Some people, when they're called before the police, like nothing better than to spill everything, fact and fiction alike, hoping to create a good impression.
KOBO ABE
Involuntary Homicide
Loneliness is terrible, of course, but being betrayed by the mask of one's fellow man is much worse.
KOBO ABE
The Face of Another
A crowd isn't formed after people gather; people gather after the crowd forms.
KOBO ABE
The Face of Another
I might simply be imagining things, but I do believe that in this parodying of heresy there exists a daring kind of wisdom that might also parody the grounds of orthodoxy.
KOBO ABE
The Frontier Within
You don't need me. What you really need is a mirror. Because any stranger is for you simply a mirror in which to reflect yourself. I don't ever again want to return to such a desert of mirrors.
KOBO ABE
The Face of Another