Kazuo Ishiguro Needs Quotations

One need hardly dwell on the catastrophic possibility of uttering a bantering remark only to discover it wholly inappropriate

It is all very well, in these changing times, to adapt one's work to take in duties not traditionally within one's realm; but bantering is of another dimension altogether. For one thing, how would one know for sure that at any given moment a response of the bantering sort is truly what is expected? One need hardly dwell on the catastrophic possibility of uttering a bantering remark only to discover it wholly inappropriate.

You need to remember that. If you’re to have decent lives, you have to know who you are and what lies ahead of you, every one of you.

What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.