“In a sense, I'm the one who ruined me: I did it myself.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“...no matter how advanced the system, no matter how precise, unless we have the will to communicate, there's no connection. And even supposing the will is there, there are times like now when we don't know the other party's number. Or even if we know the number, we misdial.”
― Dance Dance Dance
― Dance Dance Dance
“Last night I dreamed about you. What happened in detail I can hardly remember, all I know is that we kept merging into one another. I was you, you were me. Finally you somehow caught fire.”
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“Strong and independent? I'm neither one. I'm just being pushed along by reality, whether I like it or not.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“See enough and write it down, I tell myself, and then some morning when the world seems drained of wonder, some day when I am only going through the motions of doing what I am supposed to do... on that bankrupt morning I will simply open my notebook and there it will all be, a forgotten account with accumulated interest, paid passage back to the world out there...”
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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