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69 QUOTES

69 QUOTES

1 " If everyone could feel as I felt at that moment, dressed in my preppy sweater and McGregor coat and about to set out on a little journey with my Bambi-eyed girlfriend on Christmas Eve, all conflicts in the world would vanish. Mellow smiles would rule the earth. "

― Ryū Murakami , 69

2 " This was a factory, a sorting house. We were no different from dogs and pigs and cows: all of us were allowed to play when we were small, but then, just before reaching maturity, we were sorted and classified. Being a high school student was the first step toward becoming a domestic animal. "

― Ryū Murakami , 69

3 " It was around this time that I’d begun trying to perfect the art of fucking with people’s minds. I’d figured out that when someone else was hogging the limelight, you could cut him down to size by bringing up a subject he didn’t know anything about. If the other person knew a lot about literature, I’d talk about the Velvet Underground; if he knew a lot about rock, I’d talk about Messiaen; if he knew a lot about classical music, I’d talk about Roy Lichtenstein; if he knew a lot about pop art, I’d talk about Jean Genet; and so on. Do that in a small provincial city and you never lose an argument. "

― Ryū Murakami , 69

4 " We sat side by side on the swings. The creaking sound they made seemed sexier to me than a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo. "

― Ryū Murakami , 69

5 " You might be a chicken or a human being, but show a little rebelliousness and the next thing you knew you were all on your own. "

― Ryū Murakami , 69