Something whose connection ...

Something whose connection with human experience we cannot grasp is bound to be frightening.
Something whose connection with human experience we cannot grasp is bound to be frightening.
 Kobo Abe

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.
 Kobo Abe
Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate.
 Kobo Abe
The thorn of death falls from heaven, and its myriad forms leave us no room to move.
 Kobo Abe