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“If you tell the French you don't eat meat, they just offer you chicken.”
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“The sun was not yet fully overhead in the sky, and everything beautiful was all already ruined.”
― Young Mungo
― Young Mungo
“The stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me. What I've done till now, what I'm going to do, they know it all. Nothing gets past their watchful eyes.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Goodness me. You don’t ask for the moon, do you?” “Oh, what a good idea! The moon. Yes, I’d love the moon, please. That will be all. I’ll never ask for anything ever again ever.”
― Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
― Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
“We're so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in orbit about our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about every day, too many new things we have to learn. New styles, new information, new technology, new terminology... But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
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