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Ryu Murakami

Coin Locker Babies

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  • fr65668has quoted8 years ago
    “They don’t realize that they’ve changed; they think it’s the world that changed.”
  • Woo Suk Jeonghas quoted6 years ago
    You were born in a supermarket world
  • Mauie Jonashas quoted6 years ago
    Kiku, what I’m telling you is that I’m gay. I like men
  • tiarahas quoted7 years ago
    10:30 A.M. to noon, the time of day when the change in the angle of the sun is least noticeable.
  • tiarahas quoted7 years ago
    It was only then that she realized that Kiku’s fascination with locomotion was more disease than hobby
  • tiarahas quoted7 years ago
    “You love cars and buses, don’t you? Why do you like riding around so much?”
    “The earth goes around,” Kiku blurted out, “so why should I sit still?”
  • tiarahas quoted7 years ago
    In an obscure way, Kiku realized he would have to find a new disease.
  • tiarahas quoted7 years ago
    When Kiku sat and watched him in one of his moods, crying or pouting, he felt like a patient being shown his own X-rays; he knew that hidden inside himself were the same fears and anxieties that were transparent in Hashi, and somehow he’d been hoping that Hashi’s tears would heal both their wounds.
  • tiarahas quoted7 years ago
    The truth was, he needed Hashi as much as Hashi needed him, the way a healthy person sometimes needs a disease, imaginary though it may be, as a kind of retreat, a safe haven from the problems of the real world.
  • tiarahas quoted7 years ago
    “We’re the only two, you know. All the others died. You and me, we’re the only ones who made it out of the coin lockers alive.”
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