Quotes from book

The Elephant Vanishes

“You don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.”

“And everywhere, infinite options, infinite possibilities. An infinity, and at the same time, zero. We try to scoop it all up in our hands, and what we get is a handful of zero. That's the city”

“One impossible day, of an impossible month, of an impossible year.”

“You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?”

“There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate.”

“Potentiality knocks on the door of my heart. [On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning ]”

“Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory.”

“This was never any place I was meant to be. This isn’t a place for me.”

“We never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not.”

“You have to make an effort to always look at the good side, always think about the good things. Then you've got nothing to be afraid of. If something bad comes up, you do more thinking at that point.”