Quotes from Kazuo Ishiguro

Why should one not enjoy in a light-hearted sort of way stories of ladies and gentlemen who fall in love and express their feelings for each other, often in the most elegant phrases?

There was not a soul to be seen, and apart from a hammering noise echoing from somewhere distant, and an occasional coughing in a room to the back of the house, there is still no sound to be heard. The landlady is clearly not yet up and about, suggesting there is little chance of her serving breakfast earlier than her declared time of seven thirty.

I believe I have many feelings. The more I observe, the more feelings become available to me.

I'm sure she barely knew the meaning of loneliness with you there.' 'I hope not.

A wound that healed slowly, but heal it did.

Pero Dios sabrá valorar el lento discurrir del amor que una pareja de anciones siente el uno por el otro, y comprender que las negras sombras forman parte de su totalidad

Hello, Josie.' Rick, looking up at us, had on a cautious smile. 'I heard this rumour we might be friends again.

Me deleitaría si pudiese, honorable Axl, porque será una venganza justa. Pero me debilitan los años pasados entre vosotros, y por mucho que lo intente, una parte de mí da la espalda a las llamas del odio

Do you mean, Manager, that they lost each other?' She was quiet for another moment. 'Yes,' she said, eventually. 'That must be it. They lost each other. And perhaps just now, just by chance, they found each other again.

It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days.

I tried to imagine me and Rosa getting so angry with each other we would start to fight like that, actually trying to damage each other's bodies. The idea seemed ridiculous, but I'd seen the taxi drivers, so I tried to find the beginnings of such a feeling in my mind. It was useless, though, and I'd always end up laughing at my own thoughts.

Un giorno, forse non molto lontano, imparerai come ci si sente ». Così rimani in attesa, anche se non sai esattamente di cosa, in attesa del momento in cui comprenderai che sei davvero diversa da loro;

Es descabellado, señor. ¿Cómo pueden cerrarse las viejas heridas mientras los gusanos siguen moviéndose con impunidad por ahí?

But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently.

Fences, what are they? Stage design. That's the nice thing about England. Hedges give a sense of history properly set down in the land.

Veruješ li u ljudsko srce? Naravno, ne mislim na organ kao takav. Govorim u pesni?kom smislu. Ljudsko srce. Misliš li da tako nešto postoji? Nešto što svakog od nas ?ini posebnim i jedinstvenim?

Mr Capaldi pensava che dentro Josie non ci fosse niente di tanto speciale da non poter esser proseguito. Diceva alla Madre che aveva cercato dappertutto e non l'aveva mai trovato. Ma adesso credo che non cercasse nel posto giusto. C'era invece qualcosa di molto speciale, ma non era dentro Josie. Era dentro quelli che l'amavano.

About him and his wife voting for different parties. A few years ago that would have been unthinkable." "No doubt." "Quite extraordinary the things that happen now. But that's what's meant by democracy, I suppose." Ogata-San gave a sigh. "These things we've learnt so eagerly from the Americans, they aren't always to the good." "No, indeed they're not.

Crystal Eaters by Shane Jones Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa 1984 by George Orwell A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki The Overstory by Richard Powers The Farm by Joanne Ramos The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Sufficiently generous and liberal to be open to all students of high caliber, even some who haven't benefited from genetic editing.

Deja que te pregunte esto: ¿crees en el corazón humano? No me refiero al órgano físico, claro está. Me refiero a su sentido poético. El corazón humano. ¿Crees que existe tal cosa? ¿Algo que hace que cada uno de nosotros seamos especiales e individuales?

What is the point in worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one's life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment.

He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least. As for myself, I cannot even claim that. You see, I trusted! All those years, I trusted I was doing something worthwhile. I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really -one has to ask- what dignity is there in that?

As a writer, I am more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.