Emotional animal

Burley 2021-12-22 08:01:04

The collapse of patience just proved the aliveness of a person.

Humans are emotional animals, they can be shaken, scared, hesitant, and disappointed. Everyone is the same. Kiko, who lives alone, has been with her loneliness for eight years. Perhaps because of this, she saw the loss and injury hidden behind the smiles of the two elders.

Kiko's confession freed her from her pale perfection and restored the abundance of human contradictions. In this way, two more can be added to her many advantages: introspection and frankness.

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Tokyo Story quotes

  • Sanpei Numata: I often wish at least one of my sons were alive.

    Osamu Hattori: Must have been hard to lose both of them.

    [to Shukichi]

    Osamu Hattori: Didn't you lose one?

    Shukichi Hirayama: Yes, my second son.

    Osamu Hattori: I've had enough of war.

    Shukichi Hirayama: Yes, indeed. To lose your children is hard, but living with them isn't always easy either. A real dilemma.

  • Sanpei Numata: I'm afraid we expect too much of our children. They lack spirit. They lack ambition. I've told that to my son. He said that there are too many people in Tokyo. That it's hard to get ahead. What do you think? Young people today have no backbone. Where is there spirit? That's not how I raised him!