When I look at small things, I think I shall go on living: drops of rain, leather gloves shrunk by being wet... When I look at something too big, I want to die: the Diet Building, or a map of the world.
Kobo AbeSomething whose connection with human experience we cannot grasp is bound to be frightening.
Kobo AbeThe most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.
Kobo AbeSuicide is an escape from life. What is life? An escape from death. This means that each of us must die twice. There is the death waiting for us ahead, and the death that comes pursuing from behind.... Once you are free at least from the death that comes pursuing you, you can relax and enjoy life as you go along.
Kobo Abe