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"Yes. Green Peas. It's an unusual name."

"The thing I'm most afraid of is me. Of not knowing what I'm going to do. Of not knowing what I'm doing right now."

"Once he entered the mathematical world, his brain switched circuits (with a little click), his mouth emitted different kinds of words, his body began to use different muscles, and both the tone of his voice and the look on his face changed. Tengo liked the way this change of gears felt. It was like moving from one room into another or changing from one pair of shoes to another."

"It was probably Chekhov who said that the novelist is not someone who answers questions but someone who asks them."

"The air has changed, the scene has changed. I have to adapt to this world-with-a-question-mark as soon as I can."