Kazuo Ishiguro

“One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.”

“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.”

“I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up, and I was now standing here in front of it, and if I waited long enough, a tiny figure would appear on the horizon across the field and gradually get larger until I'd see it was Tomm...”

“You say you’re sure? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?”

“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.”