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Posts tagged Haruki Murakami
We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary. We even talk about people being ‘down to earth’ or having their feet planted firmly on the ground. But suddenly one day we see it isn’t true. The earth, the boulders that are supposed to be solid, all of a sudden turn as mushy as liquid.
— Haruki Murakami - After the Quake
Certain kinds of information are like smoke: they work their way into people’s eyes and minds whether sought out or not, and with no regard to personal preference.
— The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
— Haruki Murakami
But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. The very water I drink, the very air I breathe, would feel like long, sharp needles. The pages of a book in my hands would take on the threatening metallic gleam of razor blades. I could hear the roots of loneliness creeping through me when the world was hushed at four o’clock in the morning.
It’s hard to tell the difference between sea and sky, between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.
— Haruki Murakami (via theantidote)
