“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
“You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, “What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?” Does that ever make you anxious?”
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“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
“He followed his daily routine, and she followed hers. But without her there, Tengo noticed a human-shaped void she had left behind.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“Is this what it means to go back to square one? Most likely. He had nothing left to lose, other than his life.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
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