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1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

by Haruki Murakami

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“Death is much too high a price to pay for the satisfaction of curiosity, needless to say.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

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“I reproached them all for not having told me of my son's departure, and for not stopping him, until that interfering old biddy Eurycleia confessed that she alone had aided and abetted him.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

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“Envoi

we had no voice
we had no name
we had no choice
we had one face
one face the same

we took the blame
it was no fair
but now w're here
we're all here too
the same as you

and now we follow
you, we find you
now, we call
to you to you
too wit too woo
too wit too woo
too woo

(The Maids sprout feathers, and fly away as owls.)”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

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“But I was the daughter of a Naiad. Behave like water, I told myself. Don’t try to oppose them. When they try to grasp you, slip through their fingers. Flow around them.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

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“We can see through all your disguises: the paths of day, the paths of darkness, whichever paths you take - we're right behind you, following you like a trail of smoke, like a long tail, a tail made of girls, heavy as memory, light as air: twelve accusations, toes skimming the ground, hands tied behind our backs, tongues sticking out, eyes bulging, songs choked in our throats.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

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