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Kafka on the Shore
pragmatist.
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
‘Pointless thinking is worse than no thinking at all.’”
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory.’”
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
You’re afraid of imagination. And even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the responsibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep, and dreams are a part of sleep. When you’re awake you can suppress imagination. But you can’t suppress dreams.
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
But what disgusts me even more are people who have no imagination.
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
Anyway, my point is that it’s really hard for people to live their lives alone.”
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
But things in the past are like a plate that’s shattered to pieces. You can never put it back as it was, right?”
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
She knows all kinds of things you’re clueless about, she’s experienced a range of emotions you’ve never felt. The longer people live, the more they learn to distinguish what’s important from what’s not.
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
most choices we make in life are equally outrageous.” Johnnie Walker lightly touched his silk hat, as if making sure it was still in place.