It feels like everything's been decided in advance that I'm following a path somebody else has already mapped out for me. It doesn't matter how much I think things over, how much effort I put into it. In fact, the harder I try, the more I lose my sense of who I am. It's like my identity's an orbit that I've strayed far away from, and that really hurts. But more than that, it scares me. Just thinking about it makes me flinch.
Haruki MurakamiSex is an extremely subtle undertaking, unlike going to the department store on a Sunday to buy a thermos.
Haruki MurakamiMost runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.
Haruki Murakami