Sarin Quotes

“I was also motivated by a strong sense of fear that we had still not begun to deal with, let alone solve, any of the fundamental issues arising from the gas attack. Specifically, for people who are outside the main system of Japanese society (the young in particular), there remains no effective alternative or safety net. As long as this crucial gap exists in our society, like a kind of black hole, even if Aum is suppressed, other magnetic force fields—"Aum-like" groups—will rise up again, and similar incidents are bound to take place.”
― Haruki Murakami, Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

“Salí ileso, pero no dejo de preguntarme por qué. Pienso en ello todo el tiempo. En aquel instante creí que era una experiencia crucial en mi vida, pero en realidad no fue así. Ni siquiera vi de cerca a las víctimas. No hay mucha diferencia entre lo que yo viví y lo que vio la gente por la tele.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, De pronto oigo la voz del agua