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“What was important wasn't the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time.”
― Asleep
― Asleep
“I suppose memories live here and there in the body," the old man said, moving his hand from his chest to the top of his head. "But they're invisible, aren't they? And no matter how wonderful the memory, it vanishes if you leave it alone, if no one pays attention to it. They leave no trace, no evidence that they ever existed. But I suppose you're right when you say we should do everything we can to bring back memories of the things that have disappeared.”
― The Memory Police
― The Memory Police
“Sometimes, all you had to do was exist in order to be someone's saviour.”
― The Devotion of Suspect X
― The Devotion of Suspect X
“Yes -- or rather, it's not so much that I want to die as that I'm tired of living.”
― Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
― Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
“As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.”
― Kitchen
― Kitchen
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