“Because you simply cannot draw these things out forever. At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid and it hurts, but then it’s over and you’re relieved.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“I tell TAMMY it will be all right. She says what will be all right? I say whatever you are crying about. She says that is exactly what she's crying about. That everything is all right. That the world isn't ending. That we'll never tell each other how we really feel because everything is okay. Okay enough to just sit around, being okay.”
― How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
― How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
“Why do people have to build such depressing places? I'm not saying that every nook and cranny of the world has to be beautiful, but does it have to be this ugly?”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“You said you're going far away," Tamaru said. "How far away are we talking about?"
"It's a distance that can't be measured."
"Like the distance that separates one person's heart from another's.”
― 1Q84
"It's a distance that can't be measured."
"Like the distance that separates one person's heart from another's.”
― 1Q84
“She could not help but feel that paying money to take ownership of a living organism was inappropriate.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
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