Kenzaburō Ōe

Quotes

• “Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.”
• “Once a person has been poisoned by self-deception, he can't make decisions about himself as neatly as all that.”
• “Peril-ridden and fragile, the imperfect human body, what a shameful thing it was!”