Ryū Murakami Quote

People were infected with the concept that happiness was something outside themselves, and a new and powerful form of loneliness was born. Mix loneliness with stress and enervation, and all sorts of madness can occur. Anxiety increases, and in order to obliterate the anxiety, people turn to extreme sex, violence, and even murder.

Chapter One - Audition (1997)

People were infected with the concept that happiness was something outside themselves, and a new and powerful form of loneliness was born. Mix...

People were infected with the concept that happiness was something outside themselves, and a new and powerful form of loneliness was born. Mix...

People were infected with the concept that happiness was something outside themselves, and a new and powerful form of loneliness was born. Mix...

People were infected with the concept that happiness was something outside themselves, and a new and powerful form of loneliness was born. Mix...