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“Do you suppose the potter is content with mental creation? Do you suppose the idea is enough?”
― The Rest of the Robots
― The Rest of the Robots
“You see, Peter, machines can't fall in love, but--even when it's hopeless and horrifying--women can!”
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“Where are you now?’
Where was I now?
Gripping the receiver, I raised my hand and turned to see what lay beyond the telephone booth. Where was I now? I had no idea. No idea at all. Where was this place? All that flashed into my eyes were the countless shapes of people walking by to nowhere. Again and again, I called out for Midori from the dead center of this place that was no place.”
― Norwegian Wood
Where was I now?
Gripping the receiver, I raised my hand and turned to see what lay beyond the telephone booth. Where was I now? I had no idea. No idea at all. Where was this place? All that flashed into my eyes were the countless shapes of people walking by to nowhere. Again and again, I called out for Midori from the dead center of this place that was no place.”
― Norwegian Wood
“Nobody lives in splendid singleness.”
― The Rest of the Robots
― The Rest of the Robots
“And with every step I took it became more impossible for me to turn back. And my mind was empty—or it was as though my mind had become one enormous, anaesthetized wound. I thought only, One day I'll weep for this. One of these days I'll start to cry.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
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