To use a clichéd comparison: solving a problem is a lot like solving a jigsaw puzzle. However, in this case we don’t have a picture of the completed puzzle, nor do we know how many pieces there are in total. And of course, the pieces of our
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“I find the shape of people’s eyes particularly interesting when they’re being condescending. I see a wariness or a fear of being contradicted or sometimes a belligerent spark ready to jump on any attack. And if they’re unaware of being condescending, their glazed-over eyeballs are steeped in a fluid mix of ecstasy and a sense of superiority.”
― Convenience Store Woman
― Convenience Store Woman
“You cut up a thing that’s alive and beautiful to find out how it’s alive and why it’s beautiful and before you know it, it’s neither of those things, and you’re standing there with blood on your face and tears in your sight and only the terrible ache of guilt to show for it.”
― The Damnation Game
― The Damnation Game
“Even when she clung to him like this, she felt that the largest part of him was off wandering through some unknown territory all alone. Even in her arms, he was always able to liberate himself from her, to make himself free. She envied him that. Sol was an alien.”
― Terminal Boredom: Stories
― Terminal Boredom: Stories
“Even in this day and age, we still revere truth. But at the same time, we devote ourselves to the task of erasing the distinction between truth and fiction.”
― Terminal Boredom: Stories
― Terminal Boredom: Stories
“Seek and you shall find the repulsive things you secretly hope to find.”
― The Piano Teacher
― The Piano Teacher
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