“I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.”
“Things change every day, Mr Nakata. With each new dawn it's not the same world as the day before. And you're not the same person you were, either.”
“While the parts change, the whole always remains the same. For every thief who departs this world, a new one is born. And every decent person who passes away is replaced by a new one. In this way not only does nothing remain the same but also nothing ever really changes.”
“oh brave new world that has such a person in it.”
“But I had become a different person. One who looked at things in a new way. I appreciated life a whole lot more than I had last year.”
“The world each person creates for himself is a distinctive world, not the same world others occupy.”