To be able to grasp something of value, sometimes you have to perform seemingly inefficient acts.
Like a Chinese box, the world of the novel contained smaller worlds, and inside those were yet smaller worlds. Together, these worlds made up a single universe, and the universe waited there in the book to be discovered by the reader.
It seemed to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness.
You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?
Whenever I get into something, I shut out everything else.
I may not be the most likable person in the world, but I try not to upset people.
Ordinary, imperfect people always choose similarly imperfect people as friends.
It seems to me that very sad things always contain an element of the comical.
Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.
People with dark souls have nothing but dark dreams. People with really dark souls do nothing but dream.
Still, in the end, we all die just the same.
Even if you don’t acknowledge it, people die, and guys sleep with girls. That’s just how it is.
The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring – and all of the acts carried out – on this earth. But the moon remained silent; it told no stories.
The worst thoughts usually strike in the dead of the night.
Things pass us by. Nobody can catch them. That’s the way we live our lives.
People need routines. It’s like a theme in music. But it also restrictsyour thoughts and actions and limits your freedom. It structures your priorities and in some cases distorts your logic.
Irrepressible curiosity vied with an instinctive fear.
Most of the psychological differences between men and women seem to come from differences in their reproductive system.
The ones with no imagination are always the quickest to justify themselves.
I think I’ll stay alive here a bit longer, and see with my own eyes what’s going to happen. I can still die after that – it won’t be too late. Probably.