Jay

“The world would be a real mess if everybody was a genius. Somebody’s got to keep watch, take care of business.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Approach everything rationally, and you become harsh. Pole along in the stream of emotions, and you will be swept away by the current. Give free rein to your desires, and you become uncomfortably confined. It is not a very agreeable place to live, this world of ours.”
― Sōseki Natsume, The Three-Cornered World

“This is pretty obvious, but until things happen, they haven't happened. And often things aren't what they seem.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West