33 Quotes by Fuminori Nakamura

I kept staring at the moon. I’m not sure if its light was good or evil. I thought it might not be either. The moon just shines with the light of chaos. Mysteriously. Brightly. That must not be either good or evil. Just as the rules of this world are not all good.

I thought about how this banknote had witnessed a moment of each one of those people’s lives. Maybe it had been at the scene of a murder, then passed from the murderer to a shopkeeper somewhere, then to a good person somewhere else.

Why does the subconscious mind make people steal? Why does it have to be stealing? Don’t you think it’s something deep-rooted in our nature?

Deep down, people who deliberately distribute other people’s music and stuff feel contempt for professionals. And it’s not just culture – these days lots of people are contemptuous of everything. Without realizing it, they’re searching for things to despise.

When people believe they have a good cause, the violence within them bursts forth unrestrained, as if their good angel has given permission for it to escape.

Basically, at the time, my understanding of the world was framed entirely by my personal likes and dislikes.