I used to think the years would go by in order, that you get older one year at a time. But it's not like that. It happens overnight.
Haruki MurakamiIt's all matter of attitude. You could let a lot of things bother you if you wanted to But it's pretty much the same anywhere you go, you can manage.
Haruki MurakamiBetween the time the last train leaves and the first train arrives, the place changes: it's not the same as in daytime.
Haruki MurakamiI wonder how it turns out that we all lead such different lives. Take you and your sister, for example. You're born to the same parents, you grow up in the same household, you're both girls. How do you end up with such wildly different personalities?...One puts on a bikini like little semaphore flags and lies by the pool looking sexy, and the other puts on her school bathing suit and swims her heart out like a dolphin.
Haruki Murakami