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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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I am living in hell from one day to the next. But there is nothing I can do to escape. I don't know where I would go if I did. I feel utterly powerles...more

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It's not so easy for people to end their own lives. It's not like in the movies. There, they do it like nothing, no pain, and it's all over, they're d...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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All's well that ends well.''Assuming there's an end somewhere,' Aomame said.Tamaru formed some short creases near his mouth that were faintly reminisc...more

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If there's any guy crazy enough to attack me, I'm going to show him the end of the world -- close up. I'm going to let him see the kingdom come with h...more

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I'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me behind.

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

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I'm going to live to be twenty-five,' she said, 'then die.

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Living and dying are, in a sense, of equal value.

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She tried to think about what lay ahead, but soon gave up. 'Words turn into stone,' Nimit had told her. She settled deep into her seat and closed her ...more

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A poet might die at twenty-one, a revolutionary or a rock star at twenty four. But after that you assume everything’s going to be all right. you’ve ma...more

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You know, Junpei, everything in the world has its reasons for doing what it does.

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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

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Aren't you afraid of dying?Not really. I've watched lots of good-for-nothing, worthless people die, and if people like that can do it, then I should b...more