Alaat

“It wasn’t what I’d characterize as a happy part of my life, living as I was, a balled-up mass of unfulfilled desires. I was much younger, much hungrier, much more alone. But I was myself, pared down to the essentials.”
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

“بإمكان المرء بمجرّد العيش أن يدمر إنسانًا آخر بشكل لا يمكن إصلاحه.”
― هاروكي موراكامي, South of the Border, West of the Sun

“If I stayed here, something inside me would be lost forever—something I couldn't afford to lose. It was like a vague dream, a burning, unfulfilled desire. The kind of dream people have only when they're seventeen.”
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

“People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you can forget, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what people want. That's what can move the world. That's art.”
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun