1Q84: Book 3 (2Q84 2)
I mean, the world’s full of things we can’t explain, and somebody’s got to fill that vacuum. Better to have somebody who isn’t boring than somebody who is. Right? Like Mr. Honda, for example.”
Jay Rubin • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel (Vintage International)
“You’ve traveled through time,” I said, and my awe at my sister was boundless in that moment. “Where did you go?” “I can’t talk about it.” Her expression was grim. “Can you at least tell me why you don’t want to do it anymore? I’d think it’d be…” “You’d think it’d be interesting,” she said. “It is. At first it’s fascinating. It’s a portal to a diff
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There’s a kind of gap between what I think is real and what’s really real.
Jay Rubin • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel (Vintage International)
He must be living a life free of worries. But viewed from his perspective, looking at me from his side of the valley, I might appear to also be living a life of ease and leisure. From a distance, most things look beautiful.