JAPANESE BOOK QUOTES

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese proverb

“The rising sun will eventually set, a newborn’s life will fade. From good, none can escape, no matter how good they may be. Please treasure your time until the end.” – Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives.” – Japanese proverb

“The moon is beautiful, isn’t it? Its fullness represents all the possibilities in life.” – Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

“The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” – Japanese proverb

“The world is full of abandoned meanings. Those who seek them out and comprehend them are the victors.” – Yukio Mishima, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

“The past is like a cord that connects us all. Even if it’s frayed and worn, it still binds us together.” – Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” – Enma Ai, Jigoku Shoujo

“The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother’s milk. Darkness will make you strong.” – Hideo Yokoyama, Six Four

“Fall into the embrace of darkness, and it will become your strength.” – Ryunosuke Akutagawa

“To exist here, I must be something that can be touched and sensed. If not, it doesn’t matter.” – Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“Life is filled with ironies. Our greatest strengths can be our biggest weaknesses.” – Yukio Mishima, Forbidden Colors

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” – Haruki Murakami FRIENDSHIP QUOTES TO PUT ON FACEBOOK

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Satoshi Nakamoto

“Life is a journey. Time may change us, but we can choose to embrace the changes and grow.” – Yukio Mishima

“Silence is roaring.” – Hideo Yokoyama

“The best way out is always through.” – Yukio Mishima

“When you can’t run, you crawl. And when you can’t crawl, when you can’t do that… you find someone to carry you.” – Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.” – Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“The world isn’t just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn’t that make life a story?” – Yann Martel, Life of Pi (translated into Japanese)

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Ryunosuke Satoro

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus (translated into Japanese)

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Kahlil Gibran (translated into Japanese)

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” – Buddha (translated into Japanese)

“The more you know who you are and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” – Bob Harris, Lost in Translation (translated into Japanese)