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Jakub

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Jakub’s Quotes

“It was just the same old familiar moon. The one and only satellite that has faithfully circled the earth, at the same speed, from before human memory.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84: Book 3

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“She was like a star, always so distant. Even the light she shone on me was always cold.”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem

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“Aomame raised her glass to the moon and asked,
“Have you gone to bed with someone in your arms lately?”
The moon did not answer.
“Do you have any friends?” she asked.
The moon did not answer.
“Don’t you get tired of always playing it cool?”
The moon did not answer.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 Book 1

tags: aomame, moon

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“Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows

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“When I am sad and weary
When I think all hope has gone
When I walk along High Holborn
I think of you with nothing on.”
― Adrian Mitchell

tags: adrian-mitchell, love, poetry

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