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Miss Saeki
Sakura is a young woman visiting friends in Takamatsu. Sakura and Kafka meet on a long bus ride to Takamatsu. Sakura, who is a few years older than Kafka, is kind and friendly. Kafka finds her extremely attractive—but because of this and her age, he worries that she could be his older sister, and that his attraction fulfils the Oedipal prophecy. Nonetheless, Sakura and Kafka both believe they were destined to meet. Kafka occasionally meets with Sakura during his time in Takamatsu—but more often he is plagued by sexual dreams about her that fill him with confusion and guilt.
Sakura Quotes in Kafka on the Shore
The Kafka on the Shore quotes below are all either spoken by Sakura or refer to Sakura. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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“‘Even chance meetings’… how does the rest of that go?”
“‘Are the result of karma.’”
“Right, right,” she says. “But what does it mean?”
“That things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events there’s no such thing as coincidence.”
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Chapter 49
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“I appreciate it,” I say. “But that’s just a dream too.”
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Sakura Quotes in Kafka on the Shore
The Kafka on the Shore quotes below are all either spoken by Sakura or refer to Sakura. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
Quotes
“‘Even chance meetings’… how does the rest of that go?”
“‘Are the result of karma.’”
“Right, right,” she says. “But what does it mean?”
“That things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events there’s no such thing as coincidence.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 49
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“I appreciate it,” I say. “But that’s just a dream too.”
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