you mean machines are like humans?" I shook my head. "No, not like humans. With machines the feeling is, well, more finite. It doesn't go any further. With humans it's different. The feeling is always changing. Like if you love somebody, the love is always shifting or wavering. It's always questioning or inflating or disappearing or denying or hurting. And the thing is, you can't do anything about it, you can't control it. With my Subaru, it's not so complicated.
Haruki MurakamiLiving like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.
Haruki MurakamiShe waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that peopleโs hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows whatโs at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.
Haruki MurakamiAs with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.
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