Naomi Thompson

“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.”
― Haruki Murakami, After the Quake

“Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

“What happens when people open their hearts?"
"They get better.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Love is a decision - not an emotion!”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching