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Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words.

Yasunari Kawabata

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Yasunari Kawabata
Age: 72 †
Born: 1899
Born: June 11
Died: 1972
Died: April 16
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Ōsaka
Hands
Sketch
Soul
Crystal
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Palm
Looks
Crystals
Like
Palms
Jewels
Hand
Words
Jewel

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