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I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I wou...more

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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

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

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You live by yourself for a stretch of time and you get to staring at different objects. Sometimes you talk to yourself. You take meals in crowded join...more

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The real world—where I probably could never be happy, and never get anywhere.

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Suicides? Heart attacks? The papers didn't seem interested. The world was full of ways to die, too many to cover. Newsworthy deaths had to be exceptio...more

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Kindness and a caring mind are two separate qualities. Kindness is manners. It is superficial custom, an acquired practice. Not so the mind. The mind ...more

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I thought about the screws and their happiness. Maybe they were glad to be free of the eggbeater, to be independent screws, to luxuriate on white tray...more

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Mr. Nakata, this world is a terribly violent place. And nobody can escape the violence. Please keep that in mind. You can't be too cautious. The same ...more

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Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And,...more

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Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds ...more