Malice Quotes

“The relationship between teacher and student is based on illusion. The teacher is under the illusion that he is teaching something, and the student is under the illusion that he is being taught. What’s important is that this shared illusion makes both teacher and student happy. Nothing good is gained by facing the truth, after all. All we’re doing is playing at education.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“Everyone has secrets. And everyone has the right to keep them. Even if they’re dead.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“Parents these days don’t read books themselves, but they feel they should make their children read. Since they aren’t readers, however, they have no idea what to give their children.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“And a friend who lets his friend get bullied isn't a real friend at all.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“Apparently, it won’t do just to tell the reader what a particular character is like. The author needs to show their habits or their words and let the reader form an image on their own.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“it was difficult when times were hard to pretend to be happy, doing the reverse was relatively simple.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“When the police asked those bullies why they’d abused my student so severely, all they were able to come up with was that they ‘just didn’t like him.’ It was just hate. Pure, simple malice.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“teacher is under the illusion that he is teaching something, and the student is under the illusion that he is being taught. What’s important is that this shared illusion makes both teacher and student happy. Nothing good is gained by facing the truth, after all. All we’re doing is playing at education.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“He wanted to know what the current trends were. What were people reading? What did I think about the decline in reading overall?
I told him that the books aimed at children and teens that were selling were the ones the Ministry of Education had promoted as ‘library recommendations’, and that the decline in reading among children was largely the fault of their parents.
‘Parents these days don’t read books themselves, but they feel they should make their children read. Since they aren’t readers, they have no idea what to give their children. That’s why they cling to the recommendations from the Ministry of Education. Those books are all insufferably boring and, as a result, the kids learn to hate books; it’s a vicious circle, with no end in sight.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“Bagi para penulis, karya adalah belahan jiwa mereka. Atau dalam bahasa yang lebih sederhana, mereka menganggap karya mereka sudah seperti anak sendiri. Penulis mencintai karya yang dilahirkannya layaknya para orangtua di dunia yang mencintai anak-anak mereka.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“Parents these days don’t read books themselves, but they feel they should make their children read. Since they aren’t readers, however, they have no idea what to give their children. That’s why they cling to the recommendations from the Ministry of Education. Those books are all insufferably boring, and as a result, the kids learn to hate books. It’s a vicious cycle, with no end in sight.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“Parents these days don’t read books themselves, but they feel they should make their children read. Since they aren’t readers, however, they have no idea what to give their children. That’s why they cling to the recommendations from the Ministry of Education. Those books are all insufferably boring, and as a result, the kids learn to hate books. It’s a vicious cycle, with no end in sight”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“老師和學生的關係是建立在一份錯覺上。老師錯以為自己可以教學生什麼，而學生錯以為能從老師那裡學到什麼。重要的是，維持這份錯覺對雙方而言都是件幸福的事。因為看清了真相，反而一點好處都沒有。我們在做的事，不過是教育的扮家家酒而已。”
― 東野圭吾, Malice

“Hình như trong con người có bản năng mong muốn hòa mình vào cái chủ quan được viết ra, dù là của người khác. Ví dụ, nếu dễ dàng đồng cảm với nhân vật chính thì ta thấy dễ đọc và thích thú, ngược lại thì ta thấy cuốn sách thật nhàm chán. Vì vậy, cái gọi là "tường thuật" ngay từ đầu đã có sức mạnh thần kỳ.

(Diễn giải của Kirino Natsuo)”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“Saya doakan semoga operasi Anda berjalan lancar. Bagaimanapun, saya ingin Anda tetap hidup.
Karena pengadilan telah menanti Anda.”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“Setiap orang pasti menyimpan rahasia, dan seharusnya juga berhak untuk tetap menyimpan rahasia itu, termasuk yang sudah meninggal.

Fujio Miyako”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“Hubungan antara guru dan murid dibangun berdasarkan persepsi yang salah, yaitu tugas sang guru adalah mengajarkan sesuatu sementara tugas murid adalah mempelajarinya. Yang penting adalah bagaimana persepsi itu bisa membuat kedua belah pihak sama-sama puas, apalagi yang namanya kebenaran tidak menjamin semuanya akan baik-baik saja. Yang kita kerjakan saat ini sama dengan bermain sekolah-sekolahan.

Nonoguchi”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice

“roman à clef”
― Keigo Higashino, Malice