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“We’re talking about people, not common denominators.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

“[...] he made it a rule never to touch a book by any author who had not been dead at least 30 years.

"That's the only kind of book I can trust", he said.

"It's not that I don't believe in contemporary literature," he added, "but I don't want to waste valuable time reading any book that has not had the baptism of time. Life is too short.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Use your words”
― John Green

“Memory works in different ways for everybody. Different capacities, different directions, too. Sometimes memory helps you think, sometimes it impedes. Doesn’t mean it’s good or bad. Probably means it’s no big deal.”
― Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes