When we grow up, we find ways to hide our anxieties, our loneliness, our fear and sorrow. But children hide nothing, putting everything into their tears, which they spread liberally about for the whole world to see.
Yōko OgawaTags: growing-up children sorrow feelings adults
Because he had been- and in many ways still was- such a brilliant man, he no doubt understood the nature of his memory problem. It wasn't pride that prevented him from asking for help but a deep aversion to causing more trouble than necessary for those of us who lived in the normal world.
Yōko OgawaIt was clear that he didn't remember me from one day to the next. The note clipped to his sleeve simply informed him that it was not our first meeting, but it could not bring back the memory of the time we had spent together.
Yōko OgawaTags: memory
The room was filled with a kind of stillness. Not simply an absence of noise, but an accumulation of layers of silence...
Yōko OgawaSolving a problem for which you know there's an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid.
Yōko OgawaFor a torture to be effective, the pain has to be spread out; it has to come at regular intervals, with no end in sight. The water falls , drop after drop after drop, like the second hand of a watch, carving up time. The shock of each individual drop is insignificant, but the sensation is impossible to ignore. At first, one might manage to think about other things, but after five hours, after ten hours, it becomes unendurable. The repeated stimulation excites the nerves to a point where they literally explode, and every sensation in the body is absorbed into that one spot on the forehead---indeed, you come to feel that you are nothing but a forehead, into which a fine needle is being forced millimeter by millimeter. You can’t sleep or even speak, hypnotized by a suffering that is greater than any mere pain. In general, the victim goes mad before a day has passed.
Yōko OgawaTags: pain madness suffering cruelty misery torture unhappiness torment sadism
I prefer pi.
Yōko OgawaTags: palindromes
A problem isn't finished just because you've found the right answer.
Yōko OgawaThe truly correct proof is one that strikes a harmonious balance between strength and flexibility. There are plenty of proofs that are technically correct but are messy and inelegant or counterintuitive. But it's not something you can put into words — explaining why a formula is beautiful is like trying to explain why the stars are beautiful.
Yōko OgawaHe discounted the value of his own efforts, and seemed to feel that anyone would have done the same.
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