Three Assassins Quotes

“Leave something where it is for too long and it starts to go bad, you ever heard that? If the same
people hold power forever, they get corrupt, every time.”
― Kōtarō Isaka, Three Assassins

“Life has nothing to do with right and wrong. The
people with the power make the rules. So if they’re on your side, you have nothing to worry about.”
― Kōtarō Isaka, Three Assassins

“When you have a chance, you should always take it.”
― Kōtarō Isaka, Three Assassins

“All the knowledge and science that human beings have, it only helps humans. Get it? No living thing in the world besides humans is happy that humans exist.”
― Kōtarō Isaka, Three Assassins

“So many of the troubles of the world happen because people don’t take them seriously.”
― Kōtarō Isaka, Three Assassins

“The thing about danger is that even if people understand it intellectually, it never quite feels real to them.’ ‘What do you mean?’ The short-haired man turns toward her. ‘They still think they’ll be fine.’ Hiyoko laughs again. ‘No matter how dangerous the situation, they assume they’ll be okay. When there’s a box that says Danger, they figure it can’t be that dangerous, right until the moment they open it. It’s why a wanted criminal will go to a pachinko parlor. It’ll be fine, they think. Nothing’s going to go so badly so quickly. They’re convinced that trouble comes gradually. That’s why people keep smoking even though they know it could lead to lung cancer.”
― Kōtarō Isaka, Three Assassins

“我从一开始就没有存在过。”
― 伊坂幸太郎, Three Assassins

“别了。不愿死了一般地活着，真是一句好话啊。”
― 伊坂幸太郎, Three Assassins

“心里自以为没有问题” 比与子笑着，“不管身处多么危险的境地，都天真地以为应该没问题。在没有亲手打开那个写着‘危险’两个字的箱子之前，总是会想当然地认为‘应该也没有那么危险’。”
― 伊坂幸太郎, Three Assassins

“真正有困难的人，发不出那么大的声音。”
― 伊坂幸太郎, Three Assassins

“每个人都向往着死亡”
― 伊坂幸太郎, Three Assassins

“一瞬间，鲸觉得从脚底传来一种微弱而又熟悉的感觉，就像是伤口四周渗出的淡淡的血液。这是什么？这种汗毛直竖的感觉令人惊恐，可鲸立刻找到了答案。是焦躁和危险的感觉。它们覆盖在自己的身体上，抚摸着自己。”
― 伊坂幸太郎, Three Assassins

“鲸知道，人的愤怒来源于恐惧。被压迫、被嘲笑、被中伤、被看穿、被欺凌......这些情况下，人会产生一种“自己处境很危险”的不安情绪，也即恐惧，所以才会愤怒。”
― 伊坂幸太郎, Three Assassins

“杀掉，吃掉，活着，这种理所当然的道理为什么很多人都不懂呢？这是他内心无法按捺的疑问。”
― 伊坂幸太郎, Three Assassins

“女议员写完遗书之后，转身跟鲸四目相对，努力平复着情绪。身高的差距让她需要抬着头才能说完下面这段话：“到十字路口去，向人们跪下磕头，亲吻大地，因为你对大地也犯了罪。然后大声地告诉所有的人：‘我是凶手！”
― 伊坂幸太郎, Three Assassins

“愚蠢、无能、难缠。愚蠢和无能倒还可以忍受，可最后一点却是问题”
― 伊坂幸太郎, グラスホッパー [Gurasu hoppā]

“因为人只有死到临头的时候，才真的相信自己会死。”
― 伊坂幸太郎, グラスホッパー [Gurasu hoppā]