Whenever I meet people for the first time, I get them to talk for ten minutes. Then I size them up from the exact opposite perspective of all theyโve told me. Do you think thatโs crazy? โNo,โ I said, shaking my head, โIโd guess your method works quite well.
Haruki MurakamiNobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane.
Haruki MurakamiPeople fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love.
Haruki MurakamiEven if you managed to escape from one cage, weren't you just in another, larger one?
Haruki MurakamiAll over the world people have developed their own ideas about what's right and wrong in life, but so long as you aren't harming others or the Earth, it's your choice when you decide how you want to live your life - Yours and yours alone. Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with.
Haruki Murakami