A thought can be crafted in a very precise, neat and logical way. Yet sometimes, it is the emotional sentence uttered, before any reasoning takes hold, that reveals much more personal things.
This balance of intellect and emotions in the writings of the Japanese novelist Natsume Soseki can be seen as one of the key elements of modern Japanese literature. With his book on love, guilt, loneliness and human beings called "Kokoro", Natsume Soseki showed that words can be not just a means of communication of ideas, but also a powerful tool that carries the weight of experience.
