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“The deeper the pain you have, the more you hide it. I am sure I am not the only one who has suffered. The bitter truth is often covered with fake smiles.”
― Soji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“We're all struggling so hard, heading in the wrong direction. All our efforts are in vain, Kazumi. They come to nothing! Our pleasure, our sorrow, our anger鈥攊t all comes and goes like a typhoon or a squall or cherry blossoms. We are all being pushed by our petty feelings and carried away to the same place. None of us can resist it. Do whatever you think is idealistic? But it's not! It's just petty! We only end up knowing that our efforts were in vain!”
― Soji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“Saya mungkin berbeda dari orang lain, tetapi itulah yang menjadikan saya seorang seniman. Seni bukanlah meniru hasil karya orang lain; seni sejati hanya ada dalam perbedaan. Meskipun akan lebih mudah, saya tidak pernah mau mengikuti jejak orang lain.”
― Soji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“Art is not to copy the work of another; real art exists only in difference.”
― S艒ji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“Most people lead such boring lives, they try to justify themselves by putting everyone else in neat little categories.”
― Soji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“I'm a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they're almost an addiction. If a week goes by without reading a mystery, I suffer withdrawal symptoms. Then I wander around like I'm sleepwalking and wake up in a bookshop, looking for a mystery novel. I've read just about every mystery story ever written...but it's not an intellectual pursuit; it's more like me getting my fill of gossip.”
― S艒ji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“Ch煤ng ta 膽峄峜 膽瓢峄 g矛 tr锚n b谩o ch铆 n脿o? Ch峄� to脿n nh峄痭g m岷玼 r岷璸 khu么n v脿 膽峄媙h ki岷縩! Khi m峄檛 sinh vi锚n c岷 c霉 t峄� s谩t, ng瓢峄漣 ta lu么n cho r岷眓g ch铆nh s峄� c岷h tranh kh峄慶 li峄噒 trong c谩c k矛 thi tuy峄僴 膽茫 gi岷縯 ch岷縯 c岷璾 b茅. Th岷璽 v峄� v岷﹏! M峄峣 ng瓢峄漣 ch瓢a bao gi峄� ngh末 xem s峄� th岷璽 l脿 g矛. H岷 h岷縯 m峄峣 ng瓢峄漣 s峄憂g cu峄檆 膽峄漣 r岷 t岷� nh岷, h峄� c峄� g岷痭g bi峄噉 minh cho b岷 th芒n b岷眓g c谩ch 膽岷穞 t岷 c岷� nh峄痭g ng瓢峄漣 kh谩c v脿o c谩c nh贸m ph芒n lo岷.”
― S艒ji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“if you love seemingly impossible murder mysteries then you should check out the fantastic Locked Room International website (lockedroominternational.com or mylri.com) created by John Pugmire, the editor of this translation. LRI publishes English-language versions of locked-room mysteries from all over the world. John鈥檚 translation of Paul Halter鈥檚 The Crimson Fog (Le Brouillard Rouge) was”
― S艒ji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“Let me see鈥� What鈥檚 your favourite Sherlock Holmes case?鈥� 鈥淚 love them all!鈥� 鈥淛ust choose one.鈥� 鈥淥K鈥� 鈥楾he Speckled Band鈥�. That was Arthur Conan Doyle鈥檚 own favourite, and it鈥檚 also his most popular story.鈥� 鈥淥h, that one! It鈥檚 the weirdest of all his cases! It鈥檚 a story about a snake, right? If you keep a snake in a safe, it will soon die from lack of oxygen. And suppose it does survive in the box: snakes don鈥檛 drink milk. Have you ever seen any reptiles breast-feeding their babies? Only mammals do that. And how about a man whistling for a snake? Actually snakes can鈥檛 be trained. They don鈥檛 have ears, so how can they respond to a man鈥檚 commands? It鈥檚 a matter of common sense. Was Holmes stupid or what? Since the incidents were so unrealistic, I have to assume the story was made up by Dr Watson.”
― S艒ji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“Then there鈥檚 the novel A Golden Key, by Akimitsu Takagi.鈥� 鈥淲hich has something to say about this same longitude?”
― S艒ji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

“Well,鈥� I replied, 鈥渢his may be a bit off the subject, but Heikichi wasn鈥檛 the only one who had it on his mind. The mystery writer Seicho Matsumoto wrote about it in his book Longitude 139 Degrees East. You may not be as well versed in mystery novels as I am. Have you ever heard of it?”
― S艒ji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders