In dreams you don't need to make any distinctions between things. Not at all. Boundaries don't exist. So in dreams there are hardly ever collisions. Even if there are, they don't hurt. Reality is different. Reality bites. Reality, reality.
Haruki MurakamiYou are entering a phase of your life in which many different things will occur...bad things that seem good at first and good things that seem bad at first.
Haruki MurakamiPerhaps I'm just too painstaking a type of person, but I can't grasp much of anything without putting down my thoughts in writing.
Haruki MurakamiBut knowing what I donโt want to do doesnโt help me figure out what I do want to do. I could do just about anything if somebody made me. But I donโt have an image of the one thing I really want to do. Thatโs my problem now. I canโt find the image.
Haruki MurakamiI get irritated, I get upset. Especially when I'm in a hurry. But I see it all as part of our training. To get irritated is to lose our way in life.
Haruki MurakamiI'm not going to get involved in a debate with you. Just remember this: the gods give, and the gods take away. Even if you are not aware of having been granted what you posses, the gods remember what they gave you. They don't forget a thing. You should use the abilities you have been granted with the utmost care.
Haruki Murakami