John Vanhara

“People can become accustomed to almost anything, especially when they’re pushed to the limit. It may become surprisingly easy then.”
― Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

“From now on, little by little, you must prepare yourself to face death. If you devote all of your future energy to living, you will not be able to die well. You must begin to shift gears, a little at a time. Living and dying are, in a sense, of equal value.”
― Haruki Murakami, After the Quake

“Affirmative. A hard-and-fast rule in business is to never accept the first offer. Remember that, and you will never go wrong.”
― Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

“You must participate in competition, in struggle, in the life of the world. If you stop, you no longer exist. If you fall behind, you’re dead.’ Denying any notion of eternity, defining itself as a process of permanent renewal, advertising aims to vaporize human subjects, to transform them into obedient phantoms of becoming. And this skin-deep, superficial participation in the life of the world is supposed to take the place of the desire for being.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Interventions 2020