When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. Youโre seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all youโre worth.
Haruki MurakamiWhenever I meet people for the first time, I get them to talk for ten minutes. Then I size them up from the exact opposite perspective of all theyโve told me. Do you think thatโs crazy? โNo,โ I said, shaking my head, โIโd guess your method works quite well.
Haruki MurakamiNo truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.
Haruki MurakamiShakespeare said it best,' Tamaru said quietly as he gazed at that lumpish, misshapen head. 'Something along these lines: if we die today, we do not have to die tomorrow, so let us look to the best in each other
Haruki MurakamiThis uneasiness comes over me from time to time, and I feel as if I've somehow been pieced together from two different puzzles.
Haruki MurakamiThese days I just can't seem to say what I mean [...]. I just can't. Every time I try to say something, it misses the point. Either that or I end up saying the opposite of what I mean. The more I try to get it right the more mixed up it gets. Sometimes I can't even remember what I was trying to say in the first place. It's like my body's split in two and one of me is chasing the other me around a big pillar. We're running circles around it. The other me has the right words, but I can never catch her.
Haruki Murakami