Everybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence. And that thing, whatever it is, becomes like a heat source that runs each person from the inside. I have one too, of course. Like everybody else. But sometimes it gets out of hand. It swells or shrinks inside me, and it shakes me up. What I'd really like to do is find a way to communicate that feeling to another person.
Haruki MurakamiNo one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant.
Haruki MurakamiAdults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves.
Haruki MurakamiI don't know, there's something about you. Say there's an hourglass: the sand's about to run out. Someone like you can always be counted on to turn the thing over.
Haruki Murakami