Ishan

“A few beasts have frozen to death in their posture of sleep. Yet they appear not dead so much as deep in meditation. No breath issues from them. Their bodies unmoving, their awareness swallowed in darkness. After all the other beasts have gone through the Gate, these dead remain like growths on the face of the earth. Their horns angle up into space, almost alive. I”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“Even if I had my life to live over again, I couldn’t imagine not doing things the same. After all, everything—this life I was losing—was me. And I couldn’t be any other self but my self. Could I? Once,”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“have a thing about losers. Flaws in oneself open you up to others with flaws.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“What do you think the most gruelin’ thing about evolution is?” “I don’t know. Tell me,” I said. “It’s being unable to pick and choose. Nobody chooses to evolve. It’s like floods and avalanches and earthquakes. You never know what’s happening until they hit, then it’s too late.” I”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World