1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2) QUOTES

2 " Wo Licht ist muss es auch Schatten geben, und wo Schatten ist, gibt es Licht. Es gibt keinen Schatten ohne Licht und kein Licht ohne Schatten. (C.G. Jung) "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)

4 " But if you peeled away the ornamental egos that she had built, there was only an abyss of nothingness and the intense thirst that came with it. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)

6 " During those several seconds when Aomame was holding his hand, Tengo had
seen many things and accurately seared each image on his retinas, like a camera
taking a photograph. These images comprised one of the basic landscapes that helped
him survive his pain-filled teens. The scene always included the strong sensation of
the girl’s fingers. Her right hand never failed to encourage Tengo during the
agonizing process of becoming an adult. Don’t worry, I’m with you, the hand
declared.
You are not alone. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)

8 " No mundo dos antigos, governar era sinónimo de escutar a voz dos deuses. Naturalmente que, com o seria de esperar, esse sistema acabou por ser abolido. Os reis deixaram de ser assassinados e o poder real transformou-se numa instituição laica e hereditária. E foi assim que as pessoas deixaram de ouvir as vozes dos deuse. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)

10 " She knew only one thing for
sure: she wanted those thick arms of his to be holding her right now. What happened
after that would happen: let God or the devil decide. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)

12 " Don’t let appearances fool you. There’s always only one reality. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)

14 " It's not me but the world that's deranged.
Yes, that settles it.
At some point in time, the world I knew either vanished or withdrew, and another world came to take its place. Like the switching of a track. In other words, my mind, here and now belongs to the world that was, but the world itself has already changed into something else. So far, the actual changes carried out in that process are limited in number. Most of the new world has been retained from the world I knew, which is why the changes have presented (virtually) no impediments to my daily life - so far. But the changes that have already taken place will almost certainly create other, greater, differences around me as time goes by. Those differences will expand little by little and will, in some cases, destroy the logicality of the actions I take. They could well cause me to commit errors that are - for me - literally fatal.
Parallel worlds. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)

16 " Walking to the subway, Aomame kept thinking about the strangeness of the world. If, as the dowager had said, we are nothing but gene carriers, why do so many of us have to lead such strangely shaped lives? Wouldn’t our genetic purpose – to transmit DNA – be served just as well if we lived simple lives, not bothering our heads with a lot of extraneous thoughts, devoted entirely to preserving life and procreating? Did it benefit the genes in any way for us to lead such intricately warped, even bizarre, lives? "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)

18 " La diferencia entre vivir en soledad y sentirse solo. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)

20 " Los encuentros marcados por el destino tienen consecuencias selladas también por el destino, "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84, #1-2)