They take the circuits out of people’s brains that make it possible for them to think for themselves. Their world is like the one that George Orwell depicted in his novel. I’m sure you realize that there are plenty of people who are looking for exactly that kind of brain death. It makes life a lot easier. You don’t have to think about difficult things, just shut up and do what your superiors tell you to do.
Haruki MurakamiUnclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.
Haruki MurakamiI'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell.
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 MurakamiKumiko and I felt something for each other from the beginning. It was not one of those strong, impulsive feelings that can hit two people like an electric shock when they first meet, but something quieter and gentler, like two tiny lights traveling in tandem through a vast darkness and drawing imperceptibly closer to each other as they go. As our meetings grew more frequent, I felt not so much that I had met someone new as that I had chanced upon a dear old friend.
Haruki Murakami