![]() The pages of a book in my hands would take on the threatening metallic gleam of razor blades. The very water I drink, the very air I breathe, would feel like long, sharp needles. “But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. “What happens when people open their hearts?” “They get better.” – Norwegian Wood “There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.” – Hear the Wind Sing When you do that, it is always the first time and the last.” – Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman “What matters is deciding in your heart to accept another person completely. That’s part of what it means to be alive.” – Kafka on the Shore ![]() Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. “Every one of us is losing something precious to us. “If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” – Kafka on the Shore That is what lies at the root of true harmony.” – Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage There is no silence without a cry of grief, no forgiveness without bloodshed, no acceptance without a passage through acute loss. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. “One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. “You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.” – Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage “Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.” – A Wild Sheep Chase “Two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes.” – Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World “That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.” – 1Q84 Even if you can’t get together with that person.” – 1Q84 “If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there’s salvation in life. ![]() In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, here are 12 quotes about love from the master himself that will make you believe in it again. If you’ve ever delved into any of his novels, you’ll be familiar with the raw and simplistic manner he formulates impossibly relatable characters and makes us fall in love with each with every turn of the page. Whether it be about life, death, loss or, most beautiful of all, love, few writers put those emotions into words as well as Haruki Murakami. “If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” –Kafka on the Shore ![]()
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