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Ocupation: Writer

Life: June 12, 1931 - December 14, 2005

Birthday: June 12

Death: December 14

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As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so true it does not have to be real. Shibumi is understanding, rather than knowledge. Eloquent silence. In demeanor, it is modesty without pudency. In art, where the spirit of shibumi takes the form of sabi, it is elegant simplicity, articulate brevity. In philosophy, where shibumi emerges as wabi, it is spiritual tranquility that is not passive; it is being without the angst of becoming.

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

Topics: Spiritual, Art, Philosophy, Demeanor, Poignant

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.

Topics: Beer, Flying, Elbows, Hush

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.

Topics: Fall, Years, Errors, Artisans, Redundancy

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

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

Topics: Likes, Switzerland, Cleanliness

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?

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

Topics: Mean, Passion, Men

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

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

Topics: Philosophy, Chess, Accounting

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.

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

Topics: Thinking, Democracy, Way

Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech.

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

Topics: Fate, Ironic, Speech, Figures Of Speech

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.

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

Topics: Fun, Opportunity, Justice, Standards Of Living, Articulation

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.

Topics: Fall, Artist, Errors

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

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

Topics: Desire, Enjoy, Obvious

Pass through knowledge to arrive at simplicity.

Topics: Simplicity

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.

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

Topics: Communication, Men, Two, Nylon, Tactile

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