Konatsu

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“博士は息子を、ルートと呼んだ。「どんな数字でも嫌がらずに自分の中にかくまってやる、実に寛大な記号、ルートだよ」”
― Yōko Ogawa, 博士の愛した数式 [Hakase no aishita sūshiki]

“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction.”
― Clark Zlotchew

“Because you are neither an angel nor a god. I am quite aware that your actions have been prompted by your pure feelings, and I understand perfectly well that, for that very reason, you do not wish to receive money for what you have done. But pure unadultered feelings are dangerous in their own way. It is no easy feat for a flesh-and-blood human being to go on living with such feelings. That is why it is necessary for you to fasten your feelings to the earth – firmly, like attaching an anchor to a balloon. The money is for that. To prevent you from feeling that you can do anything you want as long as it’s the right thing and your feelings are pure.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84