You couldnโt begin to imagine who I am, where Iโm going, or what Iโm about to do, All of you are trapped here. You canโt go anywhere, forward or back. But Iโm not like you. I have work to do. I have a mission to accomplish. And so, with your permission, I shall move ahead.
Haruki MurakamiWhen the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest moment. In the next instant we'd be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing.
Haruki MurakamiAnd so they parted, she to the east, and he to the west. The test they had agreed upon, however, was utterly unnecessary. They should never have undertaken it, because they really and truly were each other's 100% perfect lovers, and it was a miracle that they had ever met. But it was impossible for them to know this, young as they were. The cold, indifferent waves of fate proceeded to toss them unmercifully.
Haruki Murakami