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I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart.

TrennungKazuo Ishiguro in Alles, was wir geben mussten
 
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Es gibt andere Leben, die ich hätte leben können, aber ich mag dieses.

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

Leben, ZufriedenheitKazuo Ishiguro
 
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Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don't go along with that. The memories I value most, I don't ever see them fading.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Alles, was wir geben mussten
 
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Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and takes me a while to adjust.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Alles, was wir geben mussten
 
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But then again I wonder if what we feel in our hearts today isn't like these raindrops still falling on us from the soaked leaves above, even though the sky itself long stopped raining. I'm wondering if without our memories, there's nothing for it but for our love to fade and die.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Der begrabene Riese
 
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When it was too late for rescue, it was still early enough for revenge.

RacheKazuo Ishiguro in Der begrabene Riese
 
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How is it possible to hate so deeply for deeds not yet done?

Kazuo Ishiguro in Der begrabene Riese
 
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A couple may claim to be bonded by love, but we boatmen may see instead resentment, anger, even hatred. Or a great barrenness. Sometimes a fear of loneliness and nothing more.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Der begrabene Riese
 
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What use is a god with boundless mercy, sir? You mock me as a pagan, yet the gods of my ancestors pronounce clearly their ways and punish severely when we break their laws. Your Christian god of mercy gives men licence to pursue their greed, their lust for land and blood, knowing a few prayers and a little penance will bring forgiveness and blessing.

ChristentumKazuo Ishiguro in Der begrabene Riese
 
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The danger isn't the river's speed, friend, but its slowness.

FlüsseKazuo Ishiguro in Der begrabene Riese
 
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We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Alles, was wir geben mussten
 
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Ich will, dass meine Worte die Übersetzung in andere Sprachen überleben.

I want my words to survive translation.

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It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.

SchachKazuo Ishiguro in Alles, was wir geben mussten
 
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All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Alles, was wir geben mussten
 
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You say you're sure? Sure that you're in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?

Kazuo Ishiguro in Alles, was wir geben mussten
 
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The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.

Abend, FeierabendKazuo Ishiguro in Was vom Tage übrigblieb
 
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If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Was vom Tage übrigblieb
 
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The problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really understand, and I dare say, some people are quite happy to leave it that way.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Alles, was wir geben mussten
 
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Als Autor interessiert mich mehr, was die Leute denken, was passiert ist, als was wirklich passiert ist.

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

Kazuo Ishiguro
 
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After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?

Kazuo Ishiguro in Was vom Tage übrigblieb
 
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The giant, once well buried, now stirs. When soon he rises, as surely he will, the friendly bonds between us will prove as knots young girls make with the stems of small flowers.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Der begrabene Riese
 
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Indeed - why should I not admit it? - in that moment, my heart was breaking.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Was vom Tage übrigblieb
 
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