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Haruki Murakami

“The fact is that if one tries beyond one’s capacity to be perfect, the Shadow descends to hell and becomes the devil. For it is just as sinful from the standpoint of nature and of truth to be above oneself as to be below oneself.”

Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
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