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But in real life things don't go smoothly. At certain points in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the person who knocks at our door...more

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It's just that you're about to do something out of the ordinary. And after you do something like that, the everyday look of things might seem to chang...more

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When you prick a person with a needle, red blood comes out- that's the real world.

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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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If only I could fallsound asleep and wake up in my old reality!

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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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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

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He calmed himself, shut his eyes, and fell asleep. The rear light of consciousness, like the last express train of the night, began to fade into the d...more

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Haida stopped and glanced at the clock on the wall. Then he looked at Tsukuru. He was, of course, Haida the son, but Haida the father has been the sam...more

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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible...more

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Suicides? Heart attacks? The papers didn't seem interested. The world was full of ways to die, too many to cover. Newsworthy deaths had to be exceptio...more

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It's unfair."As a rule, life is unfair," I said.Yeah, but I think I did say some awful things."To Dick?"Yeah."I pulled the car over to the shoulder of...more