I think certain types of processes donโt allow for any variation. If you have to be part of that process, all you can do is transformโor perhaps distortโyourself through that persistent repetition, and make that process a part of your own personality.
Haruki MurakamiWe're both looking at the same moon, in the same world. We're connected to reality by the same line. All I have to do is quietly draw it towards me.
Haruki MurakamiI saw that she was crying. Before I knew it, I was kissing her. Others on the platform were staring at us, but I didn't care about such things anymore. We were alive, she and I. And all we had to think about was continuing to live.
Haruki MurakamiThings may look different to you than they did before. I've had that experience myself. But don't let appearances fool you. There's only one reality.
Haruki MurakamiI've never met a girl who thinks like you." "A lot of people tell me that," she said, digging at a cuticle. "But it's the only way I know how to think. Seriously. I'm just telling you what I believe. It's never crossed my mind that my way of thinking is different from other people's. I'm not trying to be different. But when I speak out honestly, everybody thinks I'm kidding or playacting. When that happens, I feel like everything is such a pain!
Haruki Murakami