Quotes from Keigo Higashino

It was his knowledge of his own willful stupidity that had brought on his irritation

It's more difficult to create the problem than to solve it. All the person trying to solve the problem has to do is always respect the problem's creator.

Watching people is a bit of a hobby of mine. It's quite fascinating, really.

You know how the sun rises and sets at a certain time each day? In the same way, all of our lives have a day and night. But it's not set like it is with the sun. Some people walk forever in the sunlight, and some people have to walk through the darkest night their whole lives. When people talk about being afraid, what they're afraid of is that their sun will set. That the light they love will fade.

The relationship between teacher and student is based on illusion. The teacher is under the illusion that he is teaching something, and the student is under the illusion that he is being taught. What's important is that this shared illusion makes both teacher and student happy. Nothing good is gained by facing the truth, after all. All we're doing is playing at education.

Even when you're at the top, there's always something higher,

When you wander in the dark too long, you start to see things that aren't really there.

Be a fighter. Give it everything you've got. Even a losing battle is worth fighting. Go out and make your mark.

People who live with their head in the clouds deserve to hit the ground every once in a while.

Believe me. No matter how bad things are today, they'll be far better tomorrow. — Namiya General Store

he presented me with a mathematical conundrum," he said. "It's a famous one, the P = NP problem. Basically, it asks whether it's more difficult to think of the solution to a problem yourself or to ascertain if someone else's answer to the same problem is correct.

Which is harder: devising an unsolvable problem, or solving that problem?

That's what happens when you free people from the restraints of time. They make their own rigid schedule.

Kusanagi had met plenty of good, admirable people who'd been turned into murderers by circumstance. There was something about them he always seemed to sense, an aura that they shared. Somehow, their transgression freed them from the confines of a mortal existence, allowing them to perceive the great truths of the universe. At the same time, it meant they had one foot in forbidden territory. They straddled the line between sanity and madness.

People don't drfit apart for one specific reason. Well, you might be able to find a reason, but you could come up with one only after you made up your mind, a tired excuse tacked on after the fact. If their hearts were still in it and their bond was threatening to sever, you'd think one of them would step in and try to fix things. When no one does, you you know the bond has already been broken.

I would propose that every woman has a little darkness under the surface,

The sun had set. Night had come to the city. How easy it would be if everything went dark, and the world ended right here, right now. What a relief it would be.

It seems to me that you have two options: hide the fact that anything happened, or hide the fact that you had anything to do with it.

Everyone has secrets. And everyone has the right to keep them. Even if they're dead.

Tunnel vision is no way to make it as a researcher. Your assumptions are your worst enemies. Trust them too much, and you'll fail to see what's right under your nose.

It didn't bother me. It excited my curiosity. And I believe there is no greater sin than to leave one's curiosity unsatisfied.

People who've been traumatized by a crime are victims, too. Finding ways to comfort them is also part of my job.

You're familiar with the P = NP problem, right?" Yukawa asked from behind him. Ishigami looked around. "You're referring to the question of whether or not it is as easy to determine the accuracy of another person's results as it is to solve the problem yourself—or, failing that, how the difference in difficulty compares. It's one of the questions the Clay Mathematics Institute has offered a prize to solve.

It's not a calculation. It's a smart woman's instinct for self defense.