Ryū Murakami Quote

That's what violence was: emotion leaking out from consciousness into the physical world, linking up with the muscles of the arms and shoulders and diaphragm and, inevitably, the face. Stifle emotion during an act of violence and the face becomes a blank, unreadable mask.


Chapter Twelve - Audition (1997)


That's what violence was: emotion leaking out from consciousness into the physical world, linking up with the muscles of the arms and shoulders and...

That's what violence was: emotion leaking out from consciousness into the physical world, linking up with the muscles of the arms and shoulders and...

That's what violence was: emotion leaking out from consciousness into the physical world, linking up with the muscles of the arms and shoulders and...

That's what violence was: emotion leaking out from consciousness into the physical world, linking up with the muscles of the arms and shoulders and...