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1Q84: Book 3 (2Q84 2)
“People need routines. It’s like a theme in music. But it also restricts your thoughts and actions and limits your freedom. It structures your priorities and in some cases distorts your logic. In the present situation, you don’t want to move from where you are now. At least until the end of the year you have refused to move to a safer location – be
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Natasha Schön added 2mo ago
Aomame tried her best to keep her mind clear of any thoughts, but it was impossible not to think of anything. Nature abhors a vacuum. At the very least, though, she felt that now there was nothing for her to hate.
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Natasha Schön added 2mo ago
most people in the world don’t really use their brains to think. And people who don’t think are the ones who don’t listen to others.
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Absconded
from 1Q84: Book 3 (2Q84 2) by Haruki Murakami
Natasha Schön added 2mo ago
The whole concept of getting something out of his system was something he might be lacking.
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Natasha Schön added 2mo ago
It’s a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be, But it wouldn’t be make-believe If you believed in me.
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Natasha Schön added 2mo ago
To rephrase Tolstoy’s famous line, all happiness is alike, but each pain is painful in its own way.
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Natasha Schön added 2mo ago
Their dark silhouettes numbed the soft part of his brain, like a bee stinging and numbing a caterpillar, then laying eggs on the surface of its body. The bee larvae use the paralyzed caterpillar as a convenient source of food and devour it as soon as they’re born.
from 1Q84: Book 3 (2Q84 2) by Haruki Murakami
Natasha Schön added 2mo ago
enigmatic
from 1Q84: Book 3 (2Q84 2) by Haruki Murakami
Natasha Schön added 2mo ago