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I don’t think it’s right that I’m part of the problem. I can’t be part of the solution if I’m part of the problem

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I think most readers would say the same. Most would choose Midori. And the protagonist, of course, chooses her in the end. But some part of him is alw...more

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I do feel that I’ve managed to make something I could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. And when I’m inside it, to some extent, I feel k...more

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Strictly speaking, it might not be a dream. It was reality, but a reality imbued with all the qualities of a dream. A different sphere of reality, whe...more

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Latter-day capitalism. Like it or not, it's the society we live in. Even the standard of right and wrong has been subdivided, made sophisticated. With...more

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The whole universe is like some big FedEx box.

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Me, I've seen 45 years, and I've only figured out one thing. That's this: if a person would just make the effort, there's something to be learned from...more

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The darkness behind my closed eyelids was like the cloud-covered sky, but the gray was somewhat deeper. Every few minutes, someone would come and pain...more

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Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?We can invest enormous time and energy in serio...more

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Snow floated down every once in a while, but it was frail snow, like a memory fading into the distance.

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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