“Somewhere, far, far away, there's a shitty island. An island without a name. An island not worth giving a name. A shitty island with a shitty shape. On this shitty island grow palm trees that also have shitty shapes. And the palm trees produce coconuts that give off a shitty smell. Shitty monkeys live in the trees, and they love to eat these shitty-smelling coconuts, after which they shit the world's foulest shit. The shit falls on the ground and builds up shitty mounds, making the shitty palm trees that grown on them even shittier. It's an endless cycle.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Mediocrity's like a spot on a shirt—it never comes off.”
― Dance Dance Dance
― Dance Dance Dance
“Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm OK by myself;
and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.”
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and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.”
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“I’m free, I think. I shut my eyes and think hard and deep about how free I am, but I can’t really understand what it means. All I know is I’m totally alone. All alone in an unfamiliar place, like some solitary explorer who’s lost his compass and his map. Is this what it means to be free? I don’t know, and I give up thinking about it.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
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