It's true though: time moves in its own special way in the middle of the night," the bartender says, loudly striking a book match and lighting a cigarette. "You can't fight it.

Everything has boundaries. the same holds true with thought. you shouldn't fear boundaries, but you also should not be afraid of destroying them. that's what is most important if you want to be free: respect for and exasperation with boundaries. what's really important in life is always the things that are secondary.

Having an object that symbolizes freedom might make a person happier than actually getting the freedom it represents.

That's how people live in the real world: forcing stuff on each other.

Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, everything revolved around death.

A man is like a two-story house. The first floor is equipped with an entrance and a living room. On the second floor is every family member's room. They enjoy listening to music and reading books. On the first underground floor is the ruin of people's memories. The room filled with darkness is the second underground floor.

The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one’s eyes without seeing anything.