A way of happening, a mouth

• 2012-06-11

  That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.

  — 1Q84

• 2012-02-13

  ‘Time can be very important,’ the dowager said. ‘Just counting it can have great significance.’

  — 1Q84

• 2011-11-28

  Even cats and dogs need names. A newly changed world must need one, too.
  1Q84—that’s what I’ll call this new world, Aomame decided.
  Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.
  Aomame nodded to herself as she walked along.
  Like it or not, I’m here now, in the year 1Q84. The 1984 that I knew no longer exists. It’s 1Q84 now. The air has changed, the scene has changed. I have to adapt to this world-with-a-question-mark as soon as I can. Like an animal released into a new forest. In order to protect myself and survive, I have to learn the rules of this place and adapt myself to them.

  — Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

• 2011-11-12

  This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: ‘At the time, no one knew what was coming.’

  — Haruki Murakami, 1Q84