Underground
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Underground
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- Author: Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum, and Philip Gabriel
- Full Title: Underground
- Category: #books
Highlights
- As if it weren’t enough to be the victim of purely random violence, the man had suffered “secondary victimization” (everyday corporate violence of the most pervasive kind). (Location 118)
- The date is Monday March 20, 1995. It is a beautiful clear spring morning. There is still a brisk breeze and people are bundled up in coats. Yesterday was Sunday, tomorrow is the Spring Equinox, a national holiday. Sandwiched right in the middle of what should have been a long weekend, you’re probably thinking, “I wish I didn’t have to go to work today.” No such luck. You get up at the normal time, wash, dress, breakfast, and head for the subway station. You board the train, crowded as usual. Nothing out of the ordinary. It promises to be a perfectly run-of-the-mill day. Until a man in disguise pokes at the floor of the car with the sharpened tip of his umbrella, puncturing some plastic bags filled with a strange liquid … * (Location 192)
- “Nobody was dealing with things calmly” (Location 254)
- When I worked for JR, I was taught always to carry a red scarf. In an emergency you could wave it to stop trains. So there I was, thinking “ (Location 310)
- The fact is, the whole situation made me want to cry, but I knew if I lost control that would have been the end of it. (Location 365)
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Underground
Metadata
- Author: Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum, and Philip Gabriel
- Full Title: Underground
- Category: #books
Highlights
- As if it weren’t enough to be the victim of purely random violence, the man had suffered “secondary victimization” (everyday corporate violence of the most pervasive kind). (Location 118)
- The date is Monday March 20, 1995. It is a beautiful clear spring morning. There is still a brisk breeze and people are bundled up in coats. Yesterday was Sunday, tomorrow is the Spring Equinox, a national holiday. Sandwiched right in the middle of what should have been a long weekend, you’re probably thinking, “I wish I didn’t have to go to work today.” No such luck. You get up at the normal time, wash, dress, breakfast, and head for the subway station. You board the train, crowded as usual. Nothing out of the ordinary. It promises to be a perfectly run-of-the-mill day. Until a man in disguise pokes at the floor of the car with the sharpened tip of his umbrella, puncturing some plastic bags filled with a strange liquid … * (Location 192)
- “Nobody was dealing with things calmly” (Location 254)
- When I worked for JR, I was taught always to carry a red scarf. In an emergency you could wave it to stop trains. So there I was, thinking “ (Location 310)
- The fact is, the whole situation made me want to cry, but I knew if I lost control that would have been the end of it. (Location 365)