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1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1) QUOTES

1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1) QUOTES

1 " It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it.

....


The silence seemed to be trying to tell him something about itself. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

2 " You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

3 " Aomame raised her glass to the moon and asked,
“Have you gone to bed with someone in your arms lately?”
The moon did not answer.
“Do you have any friends?” she asked.
The moon did not answer.
“Don’t you get tired of always playing it cool?”
The moon did not answer. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

4 " Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking for painful truths. What people need is beautiful, comforting stories that make them feel as if their lives have some meaning. Which is where religion comes from. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

5 " If you never noticed, it never happened. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

6 " Reality was utterly coolheaded and utterly lonely. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

7 " Mental acuity was never born from comfortable circumstances. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

8 " I'm an average person. Is just that I like reading. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

9 " What did it mean for a person to be free? she would often ask herself. Even if you managed to escape from one cage, weren't you just in another, larger one? "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

10 " Things may look different to you than they did before. I've had that experience myself. But don't let appearances fool you. There's only one reality. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

11 " This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: At the time, no one knew what was coming. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

12 " I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

13 " Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

14 " Vlinders zijn de meest vergankelijke, gracieuze schepsels ter wereld. Ze worden uit het niets geboren, verlangen stilletjes naar iets heel kleins en beperkts, om uiteindelijk weer als in het niets te verdwijnen. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

15 " I don't have a thing," Tengo said, "except my soul."

"Sounds like a job for Mephistopheles," she said. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

16 " Ce sper eu e sa fac de ras lumea literara. Sa rad pe cat pot de netrebnicii astia lingusitori, adunati ca intr-un musuroi, care se pupa-n fund unul pe altul si isi ling ranile in timp ce, de fapt, isi pun bete roate reciproc. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

17 " Is it possible to become friends with a butterfly?"

"It is if you first become a part of nature. You suppress your presence as a human being, stay very still, and convince yourself that you are a tree or grass or a flower. It takes time, but once the butterfly lets its guard down, you can become friends quite naturally."

...

" ... I come here every day, say hello to the butterflies, and talk about things with them. When the time comes, though, they just quietly go off and disappear. I'm sure it means they've died, but I can never find their bodies. They don't leave any trace behind. It's like they've been absorbed by the air. They're dainty little creatures that hardly exist at all: they come out of nowhere, search quietly for a few, limited things, and disappear into nothingness again, perhaps to some other world. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

18 " You don't get it" she said
''Don't get what?"
''We are one"
''We are one?" Tengo asked with a shock.
''We wrote the book together"
Tengo felt the pressure of Fuka-Eri's fingers against his palm.
...
''That's true. We wrote Air Crysalis together. And when we are eaten by the tiger, we'll be eaten together. "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

19 " فكم هو رائع أن تنظر في السماء الصافية ليلا و تستكشف نجما جديدا قبل أن يراه أحد غيرك... "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)

20 " نمط الحياة هو أهم شيء ، ساعات العمل غير المنتظمة و ضغوط الحياة و الحرمان من النوم ، تلك الأشياء التي سوف تقتلك ... "

― Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)