When you come out of the storm, you wonโt be the same person who walked in. Thatโs what this stormโs all about.
Haruki MurakamiA person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born but you can choose how you die.
Haruki MurakamiNot just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me.
Haruki MurakamiI wasn't in love with her. And she didn't love me. For me the question of love was irrelevant. What I sought was the sense of being tossed about by some raging, savage force, in the midst of which lay something absolutely crucial. I had no idea what that was. But I wanted to thrust my hand right inside her body and touch it, whatever it was.
Haruki Murakami