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Soon after the war, Japan’s most assertive novelist, Yukio Mishima, published a book whose title—Confessions of a Mask—was pure Wilde, as were its sentiments: “It is precisely what people regard as my true self that is a masquerade.”
Pico Iyer • A Beginner's Guide to Japan
“It’s not what one is born with but what use one makes of that equipment.”
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Hirai began crying again, touched by Kei’s support.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi • Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series Book 1)
Like me, he read compulsively about war.
Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
The methods and directions a writer takes in order to supplement himself becomes part of that writer’s individuality, what makes him special.