Trevanian Quotes

• We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.

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  Desire, Enjoy, Obvious

  Trevanian (2005). “The Summer of Katya: A Novel”, p.22, Crown

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• Como sabes, el shibumi tiene que ver con el gran refinamiento que subyace a las apariencias comunes. Es una afirmación tan correcta que no tiene que ser atrevida, tan conmovedora que no tiene que ser bonita, tan verdadera que no tiene que ser real. Shibumi es comprensión, más que conocimiento. Silencio elocuente. En el comportamiento, es modestia sin pudor. En el arte, donde el espíritu de shibumi adopta la forma de sabi, es simplicidad elegante, brevedad articulada. En filosofía, donde el shibumi emerge como wabi, es tranquilidad espiritual que no es pasiva; es ser sin la angustia del devenir.

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  Espiritual, Arte, Real

  Trevanian (2005). “Shibumi: A Novel”, p.77, Broadway Books

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• Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft while in fact he has had only one year of experience - twenty times.

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  Fall, Artist, Errors

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• It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.

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  Fun, Opportunity, Justice

  Trevanian (2005). “Shibumi: A Novel”, p.137, Broadway Books

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• You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of twenty years experience in craft while in fact he has had only one year of experience–twenty times. And never resent the advantage of experience your elders have. Recall that they have paid for this experience in the coin of life, and have emptied a purse that cannot be refilled.

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  Fall, Errors, Years

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• Generalization is flawed thinking only when applied to individuals. It is the most accurate way to describe the mass, the Wad. And yours is a democracy, a dictatorship of the Wad.

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  Thinking, Democracy, Way

  Trevanian (2011). “Shibumi”, p.198, Hachette UK

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• Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double-entry accounting.

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  Philosophy, Chess, Western

  Trevanian (2005). “Shibumi: A Novel”, p.165, Broadway Books

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• Pass through knowledge to arrive at simplicity.

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  Simplicidad

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• The rope connecting two men on a mountain is more than nylon protection; it is an organic thing that transmits subtle messages of intent and disposition from man to man; it is an extension of the tactile senses, a psychological bond, a wire along which currents of communication flow.

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  Comunicación, Hombres, Dos

  Trevanian (2005). “The Eiger Sanction: A Novel”, p.255, Crown

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• Ripe for romance? Is that not only the self-conscious and sensitive young man's way of saying he was heavy with passion? Is not, perhaps, romance only the fiction by means of which the tender-minded negotiate their lust?

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  Passion, Mean, Men

  Trevanian (2005). “The Summer of Katya: A Novel”, p.9, Crown

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• No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life.

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  Switzerland, Likes, Cleanliness

  Trevanian (2005). “The Eiger Sanction: A Novel”, p.180, Crown

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• Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech.

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  Fate, Ironic, Speech

  Trevanian (2005). “Shibumi: A Novel”, p.106, Broadway Books

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• Hana: What on Earth is a 'barbeque'? Hel: A primitive tribal ritual featuring paper plates, elbows, flying insects, encrusted meat, hush puppies, and beer. Hana: I daren't ask what a 'hush puppy' is. Hel: Don't.

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  Beer, Flying, Meat

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