“While we are on our journey, shod in our straw sandals as of yore, we may do nothing but grumble about its hardships from dawn to dusk, but when we come to tell the tale to others, we will never make a murmur of such complaints. No, we will speak smugly of its fascinations and pleasures and even proudly prattle on about all the things that annoyed us so much at the time. We do not do so from any intention to deceive ourselves or lie to others. Rather, the contradiction arises because on the journey we are our everyday selves, while when we tell the tale we speak as poets.”
Natsume Sōseki, “Kusamakura”, 1906.
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