Rakkasei

“Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.”
― Haruki Marukami

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
― George Orwell, Why I Write

“Progress is not an illusion; it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.”
― Orwell