A Quote by Haruki Murakami
In the world we live in, what we know and what we don't know are like Siamese twins, inseparable, existing in a state of confusion.
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Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world, because most people just exist, and that's all. I don't know if he's right, but I do know that I spend a long time existing, and now, I intend to live.
One of the things that fascinated people about the twins, and one of the first things that comes to people's minds when they see Siamese Twins is: well, how do you have sex?
What a cruel irony of fate, to pair together, like Siamese twins united by the shoulders, scientific adversaries of such contrasting character!
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Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.
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