“Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will--over and over.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Things outside you are projections of what's inside you, and what's inside you is a projection of what's outside. So when you step into the labyrinth outside you, at the same time you're stepping into the labyrinth inside.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory.”
― Matter and Memory
― Matter and Memory
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
Loukia’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Loukia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Loukia hasn't connected with her friends on Goodreads, yet.
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Business, Classics, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science, Self help, Spirituality, Travel, and Young-adult
Polls voted on by Loukia
Lists liked by Loukia








