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“Do you think you're special just because you became a god?”
― 恋物語 [Koimonogatari]
― 恋物語 [Koimonogatari]
“If you ask me, political power is like a sewer system. Without one, society can’t function. But the stench from it clings to everything it touches. No one wants to get near it.”
― Mobilization
― Mobilization
“If the people are the ones who support the dictator, then it’s also up to them to resist and demand their emancipation. It’s been thirty years since I was exiled to this country, but there’s one question I still can’t answer: How does one reconcile the paradox of a majority that desires dictatorship over democracy?”
― Mobilization
― Mobilization
“Great sorrow and great happiness are, in this regard, similar. They both require distance from others.”
― Half a Lifelong Romance
― Half a Lifelong Romance
“Nobody [...] has a perfect personality. Everyone has a good side and a side that's not so good. [...] What's good about Americans, if I can generalize a little, is that they have a kind of openhearted innocence. And what's not so good is that they can't imagine any world outside the States, or any value system different from their own. The Japanese have a similar defect, but Americans are even worse about trying to force others to do whatever they themselves feel to be right.”
― In the Miso Soup
― In the Miso Soup
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