"The End of the World and Grim Wonderland" is a novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, published in 1985. Chapter 40 of the novel is narrated in the first person. The structure of the novel adopts the author's usual form, consisting of two seemingly completely unrelated storylines, which unfold in parallel and intertwined ways.

1. The mountains and rivers are lonely, the streets are in order, and the residents are peaceful. It's a pity that people have no figure, no memory, and no heart. Men and women can date each other but cannot fall in love. Love must have a heart, and the heart has been embedded in countless unicorn skulls and turned into an "ancient dream"

2. As for why I abandoned the original world and had to come to the end of this world, I There is no way to remember it, its process, meaning and purpose. It was something, some force - some unreasonable and powerful force that sent me here! That's why I lost my figure and memory, and was about to lose my heart.

3. The absence of competition, resentment, and desire means that there is no opposite, which is joy, happiness and love. Precisely because there is despair, disillusionment, and sadness, there is joy. Ultimate happiness without despair does not exist. You may really love her, but that feeling has no destination because she no longer has a heart. People without heart are just phantoms. What's the point of getting this phantom? - Haruki Murakami's "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland"

4. The mountains and rivers are lonely, and the streets are orderly. The residents are safe and sound. It's a pity that people have no figure, no memory, and no heart. Men and women can date each other but cannot fall in love. Love must have a heart, and the heart has been embedded in countless unicorn skulls and turned into an "ancient dream." - Haruki Murakami, "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland"

5. I wish I could sing a sad song, but I can't No. I am too old to shed tears. Besides, there are many things that cannot be shed. This kind of sadness cannot be explained to anyone, and even if it is explained, it will never change. , like snowflakes on a windless night, quietly settling in the heart. —— Haruki Murakami, "The End of the World and the Cold Wonderland"

6. Although there is no loneliness in the lonely city. . --Haruki Murakami, "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland"

7. The sun has come all the way to this planet and warmed my eyelids with its power. I was incredibly moved by the thought of this. Impressed. - Haruki Murakami, "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland"

8. The world does contain a variety of possibilities that are simply infinite, and only in this way can it be established. The choice of possibilities is, to a certain extent, determined by everyone who makes up the world. The so-called world is a coffee table made of concentrated possibilities - Haruki Murakami's "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland". 》

9. As for why I abandoned the original world and had to come to the end of this world, I can’t remember it, the process, meaning and purpose. , some kind of force - some unreasonable and powerful force sent me here! That's why I lost my figure and memory, and am about to lose my heart - "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland"

10. Care and heart are not the same thing. Care is an independent function, to be more precise, it is a superficial function. It is just a habit, which is different from the heart. The heart is something deeper and more contradictory. Once it disappears, there is no sense of loss, no disappointment, and no lost love. All that is left is life, only a quiet and calm life. --Haruki Murakami, "The End of the World and the Cold Wonderland"

11. I feel that even if I can start my life over, I will still go back to the old path, because that is who I am. I have no choice but to be myself.

Even if more people abandon me, or if I abandon more people, even if my colorful emotions, outstanding qualities, and hopes for the future are restricted or even disappear, I can only be myself, and there is nothing else. Is it possible? - "The End of the World and Grim Wonderland" by Haruki Murakami

12. "I" only have twenty-four hours left in my life. "The sun shines in from the front window and wraps me up. I close my eyes and feel the light caressing my eyelids warmly. The sun's rays travel along a long road to reach this small planet and warm it with one end. My eyelids - Thinking of this, I feel an inexplicable emotion. The laws of the universe have not ignored my insignificant eyelids.

13. Don't keep fatigue in your heart. The body may not be able to do anything about fatigue, but you must free your mind. --The End of the World and the Cold Wonderland -- Haruki Murakami's "The End of the World and the Cold Wonderland"

14. What I like most is the short moment before going to bed. I must take a drink and listen to music or read a book. I love this moment very much, just like the fresh air at dusk. - Haruki Murakami. "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland"

15. I turned around and left the pool, heading towards the West Hill in the snow. There should be a town on the other side of the West Hill, with a river, and she and the accordion waiting for my return in the library. Go. I saw a white bird flying southward among the flying snowflakes. The bird passed over the wall and disappeared into the snow-filled sky in the south. The only sound left was the sound of my footsteps on the snow. - Haruki Murakami. "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland"

16. I really want to see the gradually whitening sky at dawn, drink steaming milk, smell the fragrance of trees, and flip through the pages of the morning newspaper. -Haruki Murakami, "The End of the World and Grim Wonderland"

17. I want to sit in a sunny place and read the newspaper up and down and left and right like a cat licking its milk bowl, word by word, and then Inhale the various fragments of life that people develop under the sun into the body and nourish every cell.

18. You said that there is no competition, no resentment, and no desire in this town. This is indeed endearing and admirable. Strength, I also want to applaud it. However, the absence of struggle, resentment and desire is nothing more than the absence of the opposite, which is joy, ultimate happiness and love. It is precisely because of despair, disillusionment and sorrow that there is joy. .

19. The body was full of flesh, as if a layer of silent snow had fallen in the night.

20. They had no idea that I was carrying a flashlight and a knife. The big knife is going down the dark hole with a belly wound. All they have in their minds is the speedometer, the premonition of sexual relations, and the tepid pop songs that have plummeted from the charts. Of course I can't. Blame them, they just don't know.