Soseki Natsume

pity him now, for I realize that he was in fact sending a warning, to someone who was attempting to grow close to him, signaling that he was unworthy of such intimacy.

Sensei was a man who could, indeed must love, yet he was unable to open his arms and accept into his heart another who sought to enter

Like other men, I was not indifferent to women

would be nice if we had children, you know,” she said, turning to me.

I wouldn’t be suffering like this.”

“I have only ever known one woman in my life. No one besides my wife has really ever appealed to me as a woman. And likewise for her, I am the only man. Given this, we should be the happiest of couples.”

can’t be helped, I’m afraid. I simply don’t have any right to put myself forward

will say nothing of that tragedy yet. A

You were mocking that couple just now. I think that mockery contained unhappiness at wanting love but not finding it.”

love is a sin. And it is also sacred