"The Elephant Vanishes" Quotes
"The Elephant Vanishes" is a collection of surreal and enigmatic short stories exploring themes of loss, loneliness, and the absurdities of modern life.
short stories | 327 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The thing is, in a world filled with words, sometimes it's not the words that speak the loudest.
The elephant's disappearance was a mystery. But it was a mystery that contained a certain kind of truth.
It's hard to tell the difference between sea and sky, between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.
There are ways of dying that don't end in funerals. Types of death you can't smell.
The end of the world is a long, long way off, but it has its own way of making its presence felt.
The key to my life lies in seeking and finding the wellsprings of my enthusiasm.
When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about.
The world is a metaphor, Kafka Tamura, he’d said. If you want to know what this world is, a metaphor is a good place to start.
What we understand of this world is only a shadow of the real world.
A person’s destiny is something you look back at afterwards, not something to be known in advance.
