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“I didn’t have the vaguest idea of what to do – I couldn’t keep staring at the wall forever, I told myself. But even that admonition didn’t work. A faculty advisor reviewing a graduation thesis would have had the perfect comment: you write well, you argue clearly, but you don’t have anything to say.”
― Pinball, 1973
― Pinball, 1973
“Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.”
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“If you look at things from a distance, most anything looks beautiful.”
― Pinball, 1973
― Pinball, 1973
“If you can let it go at not understanding, that's the best anyone could expect.”
― Pinball, 1973
― Pinball, 1973
“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.”
― 1Q84 Book 1
― 1Q84 Book 1
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