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“For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a "Reserved" sign on a quiet corner table in a restaurant. Despite the fact that I was sure I'd never see her again.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
“I'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me behind.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“What would tomorrow bring? I wondered. Both hands on the wheel, I closed my eyes. I didn’t feel like I was in my own body; my body was just a lonely, temporary container I happened to be borrowing. What would become of me tomorrow I did not know.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
“[...] Shimamoto had her own little world within her. A world that was for her alone, one I could not enter.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
“You’re here,” I continued. “At least you look as if you’re here. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe it’s just your shadow. The real you may be someplace else. Or maybe you already disappeared, a long, long time ago. I reach out my hand to see, but you’ve hidden yourself behind a cloud of probablys. Do you think we can go on like this forever?”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
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