The Tatami Time Machine Blues Quotes

“So it was that our summer proceeded toward its end. It would never be repeated, and even if we used a time machine, we could never get it back.”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Time Machine Blues: A Novel

“But we have no idea what’ll happen in the future. If we know nothing, we can do anything. Maybe that’s what freedom means.”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Time Machine Blues

“I tried thinking of time as a book,' Akashi said as she looked up into the sky. 'The reason it seems to flow from past to future is that that’s the only way we can experience it. For example, if there were a book here, we wouldn’t be able to grasp all its content at once. All we can do is turn the pages and read them one at a time. But the content itself is already inside the book.”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Time Machine Blues

“Countless people have done exactly this thing thus far, and countless people will do it in the future. It's just about the most commonplace thing a person can do. Why does something so ordinary have to be so difficult?”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Time Machine Blues

“It's best to just forge on ahead. If I stand still, I worry,”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Time Machine Blues

“I was left all alone in yesterday.”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Time Machine Blues

“One step forward is all it takes to notice that the world is rich with possibilities- because you yourself are filled with possibilities. Your value as human being lies precisely in the unlimited potential.”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Time Machine Blues

“Why do time machines appeal to our hearts so? Because time is the most fundamental puzzle to mankind, as well as a universal restraint that no one can escape. Everyone’s day has only twenty-four hours, and you can kick and scream all you like, but the sand in the hourglass will fall without end; a summer once passed will never come again.”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Time Machine Blues

“There’s nothing so worthless to speak of as a love mature.”
― Tomihiko Morimi, The Tatami Time Machine Blues