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“I think that staving off boredom is a good thing. It's much more healthy than allowing your imagination to wither because of a much too hectic life”

Mind Imagination Boredom

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“Nevertheless, the conventional approach would never have satisfied his emotions. Emotions? No, nothing as shallow as that. Absolutely not. This was not just some powerful feeling within him. It was the cry of his soul, his last tie to life, his reason for living.”

Life Soul Feelings Emotions Reason To Live Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

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“I know Man will never become a god. And precisely because he understood that he did not want to leave the final judgement to a human to make. It didn't matter where the bottle ended up. He just wanted to pose the question to the sea- the source of all life- whether, ultimately, he was right or not.”

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“He had been suffering for months. He had been brooding for weeks. He had been thinking about just one thing for days. And now his mind was focusing on one single, clearly defined goal.”

Thinking Suffering Goal Planning Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

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“But the face she had just washed, looking back at her in the mirror... It wasn't beautiful. Not a hint of dignity. Nothing to save her.”

Beautiful Dignity Face Mirror Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

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“The waves washing the cliffs at his feet also washed his mind. Every time a fragment of memory appeared, the waves immediately took it away.”

Memory Cliffs Waves Yukito Ayatsuji Fragment The Decagon House Murders

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“What mystery novels need are – some might call me old-fashioned – a great detective, a mansion, a shady cast of residents, bloody murders, impossible crimes and never-before-seen tricks played by the murderer. Call it my castle in the sky, but I’m happy as long as I can enjoy such a world. But always in an intellectual manner.”

Detective Fiction Murder Mysteries The Decagon House Murders Mystery Genre

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“And how could anyone who was not a god predict the future, shaped as it was by human psychology, human behaviour and pure chance?”

God Chance Future Human Behavior Yukito Ayatsuji Human Psychology The Decagon House Murders

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“No moonlight came in from the skylight.”

Moonlight Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders Skylight

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“She didn't care how the others looked at her any more. All she had on her mind was what she could see in the mirror.”

Mirror Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

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“Yes. I sometimes feel like that when I read the stories you write for the club magazine. You're always so lively and bright in your own stories.' 'Because that's a made-up world.' Orczy turned away from Agatha's gaze and smiled awkwardly. 'I'm not so good with reality. I'm not really very keen on my real self.”

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“No sense of reality.”

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“The sea at night. A time of peace.”

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“The sea at dusk. A time of peace.”

Peace Sea Dusk Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

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