All the Lovers in the Night
Mieko KawakamiSözler ve Alıntılar
“ When I was a kid, it always felt like summer vacation lasted forever.
“ Well, some people say it feels that way for kids because they haven’t been around for long, or had that much experience with time,” Mitsutsuka said. “ Of course, there’s no way to prove that.”
“ Does that mean that the longer we live, the more it feels like time speeds up?” I asked.
“ I suppose so. That’s the idea, at least.”
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I’m all alone, I thought.
I’d been on my own for ages, and I was convinced that there was no way I could be any more alone, but now I’d finally realized how alone I truly was.
If you make plenty of money but don’t have any kids, you might get called successful. But unless you have kids, no one will ever call you a great woman.
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“People here confuse boredom and stagnation with peace and safety. I swear, everyone in this town is pretty much a cow. They just huddle together and moo. Eat their grass and sleep. Then they have babies, and it starts over again. People spend their whole lives like that, never even thinking. It freaks me out . . .”
My heart was burdened by a leaden darkness
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