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Novelist Charles Kingsley on happiness:
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”
all the habits I’ve acquired over my lifetime I’d have to say this one has been the most helpful, the most meaningful.
Haruki Murakami • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Now, though, I realize that all I can place in the imperfect vessel of writing are imperfect memories and imperfect thoughts. The more the memories of Naoko inside me fade, the more deeply I am able to understand her.
Haruki Murakami • Norwegian Wood
It’s easy to be seduced by the world of potentiality. A book is always greatest before it’s written. You are intoxicated by what it can be. That’s very dangerous. You want to kill those seductions as quickly as possible, and one way to achieve that is fast iteration. Make known the unknown; murder your fantasies.
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... See moreHuman beings had created words to communicate with the dead, and with those yet unborn.
Shion Miura, Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translator) • The Great Passage
And it was the kind of thing that loses the most important nuances when reduced to words.
Haruki Murakami • 1Q84 (Vintage International)
“I can never say what I want to say,” continued Naoko. “It’s been like this for a while now. I try to say something, but all I get are the wrong words – the wrong words or the exact opposite words from what I mean. I try to correct myself, and that only makes it worse. I lose track of what I was trying to say to begin with. It’s like I’m split in
... See moreHaruki Murakami • Norwegian Wood
People who have concern only for themselves think that they are at the center of the world. To such people, others are merely “people who will do something for me.”
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
people who think of others as enemies have not attained self-acceptance and do not have enough confidence in others.