“The real world is where the monsters are.”
“I don't even like horror movies. The world has enough real monsters without creating fictional monsters.”
“Adults are the real monsters.”
“Who are the real monsters?”
“Sometimes the monsters are real, Anita. Sometimes they’re real and the only way to defeat them is to be the bigger monster.'- Chang Bibi to Anita”
“This is no honky-tonk parade. 1Q84 is the real world, where a cut draws real blood, where pain is real pain and fear is real fear. The moon in the sky is no paper moon.”