No matter how honestly you open up to someone, there are still things you cannot reveal.
Haruki MurakamiOur memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective memories. The two are intimately linked. And history is our collective memory. If our collective memory is taken from us - is rewritten - we lose the ability to sustain our true selves.
Haruki MurakamiIn the world we live in, what we know and what we don't know are like Siamese twins, inseparable, existing in a state of confusion.
Haruki MurakamiMountains, according to the angle of view, the season, the time of day, the beholder's frame of mind, or any one thing, can effectively change their appearance. Thus, it is essential to recognize that we can never know more than one side, one small aspect of a mountain.
Haruki MurakamiEven if you don't acknowledge it, people die, and guys sleep with girls. That's just how it is.
Haruki MurakamiThe ocean was one of the greatest things he had ever seen in his life—bigger and deeper than anything he had imagined. It changed its color and shape and expression according to time and place and weather. It aroused a deep sadness in his heart, and at the same time it brought his heart peace and comfort.
Haruki Murakami