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“It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain.”
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“If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.”
― The Insufferable Gaucho
― The Insufferable Gaucho
“The diseased, anyway, are more interesting than the healthy. The words of the diseased, even those who can manage only a murmur, carry more weight than those of the healthy. Then, too, all healthy people will in the future know disease. That sense of time, ah, the diseased man’s sense of time, what treasure hidden in a desert cave. Then, too the diseased truly bite, whereas the healthy pretend to bite but really only snap at the air. Then, too, then, too, then, too.”
― 2666
― 2666
“I steal into their dreams," he said. "I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their souls, I steal into their hearts, I scrutinize their most fundamental beliefs, I scan their irrational impulses, their unspeakable emotions, I sleep in their lungs during the summer and their muscles during the winter, and all of this I do without the least effort, without intending to, without asking or seeking it out, without constraints, driven only by love and devotion.”
― 2666
― 2666
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