And, well, mine are kind of on the heavy side anyway. The first day or two, I don't want to do ANYTHING. Make sure you keep away from me then.' I'd like to, but how can I tell?' I asked. O.K., I'll wear a hat for a couple of days after my period starts. A red one. That should work,' she said with a laugh. 'If you see me on the street and I'm wearing a red hat, don't talk to me, just run away.
Haruki MurakamiWhiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.
Haruki MurakamiIt is sometimes necessary for each person. Fill up with delicious food, get drunk, sing loudly and chat frivolously.
Haruki MurakamiEverybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence. And that thing, whatever it is, becomes like a heat source that runs each person from the inside. I have one too, of course. Like everybody else. But sometimes it gets out of hand. It swells or shrinks inside me, and it shakes me up. What I'd really like to do is find a way to communicate that feeling to another person.
Haruki MurakamiDeath was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit me to forget that.
Haruki Murakami