“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds... Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
― The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
“At a certain age — in Sadie‘s case thirty-four, there comes a time when life largely consists of having meals with old friends who are passing through town.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“But still," Ayumi said, "it seems to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness."
"You may be right," Aomame said, "But it's too late to trade it in for another one.”
― 1Q84
"You may be right," Aomame said, "But it's too late to trade it in for another one.”
― 1Q84
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