I often recall these words when I am writing, and I think to myself, โItโs true. There arenโt any new words. Our job is to give new meanings and special overtones to absolutely ordinary words.โ I find the thought reassuring. It means that vast, unknown stretches still lie before us, fertile territories just waiting for us to cultivate them.
Haruki MurakamiSay it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.
Haruki MurakamiIt was spring break, so the theater was always packed with high schools students. It was an animal house. I wanted to burn the place down.
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 MurakamiThe curious thing about individuals is that their singularity always goes beyond any category or generalization in the book.
Haruki MurakamiBut why should you be interested in me?" Good question. I canโt explain it myself right this moment. But maybe โ just maybe โ if we start getting together and talking, after a while something like Francis Laiโs soundtrack music will start playing in the background, and a whole slew of concrete reasons why Iโm interested in you will line up out of nowhere. With luck, it might even snow for us.
Haruki Murakami