M. Q.

“جهانشاه گفت:

از اینکه با طناب بمیرم خیلی می ترسم. آن هم با گره های گنده ای که سرش می زنند. کسی که با طناب بمیرد، نمرده خفه شده فقط. باید خون تا قطره آخرش از بدن برود بیرون تا آدم مرده حساب شود. تیرباران خوبی اش همین است: با طناب خون لخته می شود فقط توی رگ ها. آن طوری روح آدم همه اش زجر می کشد. تا خون آدم نریزد بیرون روی زمین، روح سبک نمی شود،نمی رود بالا. روی زمین می ماند. آن وقت مجبور است هی برود تو نخ این و آن و اذیتشان کند.”
― محمدرضا کاتب, هیس

“Because of our broken instincts we are in pain. We continue in pain because our instincts have been twisted by reason. So, what are we supposed to do? Should we abandon knowledge? Throw away reason? In any event, that wouldn't be possible. For better or worse, we ate the fruit of knowledge long, long ago.”
― Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Welcome to the N.H.K.

“In his or her own way, everyone I saw before me looked happy. Whether they were really happy or just looked it, I couldn't tell. But they did look happy on this pleasant early afternoon in late September, and because of that I felt a kind of loneliness new to me, as if I were the only one here who was not truly part of the scene.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood