A World The Exact Opposite of Yours
“He said once I am the single greatest president in his lifetime, now he’s a young man, so it’s not that much,” Trump told Congressional Republicans at their annual retreat in West Virginia. And apparently it wasn’t enough that the 83-year-old from Utah said that he was the best president in his lifetime. “He actually once said I’m the greatest president in the history of our country,” Trump told the lawmakers in his next breath. “I said, does that include Lincoln and Washington? He said yes.”
—Trump to the Republican lawmakers at the Republican retreat in West Virginia attributing words of praise to Orin Hatch of Utah. Feb. 1, 2018
“Tell me I said,” “who is this Norobu Wataya guy, really? He’s my wife’s brother but I hardly know him. What is he thinking? What does he want? All I know is that he and I hate each other.”
“Noboro Wataya is a person that belongs to a world that is the exact opposite of yours.” said Creta Kano. Then she seemed to be searching for the words she needed to continue. “In a world where you are losing everything, Mr. Okada, Norobu Wataya is gaining everything. It is a world where you are rejected, he is accepted. And the opposite is just as true. Which is why he hates you so intensely.”
—excerpt from The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
