…when the cold was hard to bear, they found warmth in each other's embrace, relying only on one another….


Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石, Natsume Sōseki? 9 February 1867 - 9 December 1916) was the pen name of Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目金之助, Natsume Kinnosuke?), who is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji Era (1868-1912). Embracing Defeat: Japan in the wake of World War II. By John Dower. W.W. Norton and Company. 1999. p.189 Found in Sorekara (Ant Then), a fictional work by Natsume Soseki in postwar Japan.