"

Young people these days don't trust anything at all. They want to be free.

"

I think of human existence as being like a two-story house. On the rst oor people gather together to take their meals, watch television, and talk. e s...more

"

Next she turned the gun upward and thrust the muzzle into her mouth. Now it was aimed directly at her cerebrum-- the gray labyrinth where consciousnes...more

"

Robbing people of their actual history is the same as robbing them of part of themselves. It’s a crime."Fuka-Eri thought about that for a moment.Tengo...more

"

Writing a novel is like having a dream.

"

If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there’s salvation in life. Even if you can’t get together with that person.

"

To Tengo, sexual desire was fundamentally an extension of a means of communication. And so, to look for sexual desire in a place where there was no po...more

"

You lost all interest in this world. You were disappointed and discouraged, and lost interest in everything. So you abandoned your physical body. You ...more

"

I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not ima...more

"

But still," Ayumi said, "it seems to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness.""You may be right," Aomame said, "But it's ...more

"

Because you are neither an angel nor a god. I am quite aware that your actions have been prompted by your pure feelings, and I understand perfectly we...more

"

People lose fifty million skin cells every day. The cells get scraped off and turn into invisible dust, and disappear into the air. Maybe we are nothi...more

"

In this world, there is no absolute good, no absolute evil," the man said. "Good and evil are not fixed, stable entities but are continually trading p...more

"

Don’t you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really do, for your sake. B...more

"

It's not me but the world that's deranged.