Shūsaku Endō

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Every weakness contains within itself a strength

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The earth is not just for the clever and the strong

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The sound of darkness was certainly intricately linked to the sense of being alone but unrelated to this was the sound of the palpitations of men and women experiencing the sense of utter solitude. There was no doubt about it. This was a sound audible only on evenings such as this

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In order to pile weakness upon weakness he was trying to drag others along the path that he himself had walked