“When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out between the pages - a special odor of the knowledge and emotions that for ages have been calmly resting between the covers. Breathing it in, I glance through a few pages before returning each book to its shelf.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
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“Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence are one.
The pain is an anchor, mooring me here.”
― Kafka on the Shore
The pain is an anchor, mooring me here.”
― Kafka on the Shore
“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
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