*The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.* [*Kenzaburō Ōe*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3439713.Kenzabur_e?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) Happy birthday, Kenzaburō Ōe! The Nobel Prize winner owes his love of stories to his mother, who bought him The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils when he was a young boy. Ōe has said he "will carry to the grave" the impact of these books on his life.