Kendrick

“OK, I guess that's all beside the point,"Oshima continues. "I'm not crazy about the container I'm in, that's for sure. How could I be - this crummy piece of work? It's pretty inconvenient, I can tell you. Still, inside here, this is what I think: if we reverse the outer shell and the inner essence - in other words, consider the outer shell the essence and the essence only the shell - our lives might be a whole lot easier to understand.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“When one is speaking of the essence of things, it often happens that one can only speak in generalities. Concrete things capture one's attention, but they are often a little more than trivia. The more one tires to see into the distance, the more generalized things become.”
― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“How can those who live in the light of day possibly comprehend the depths of night?”
― Haruki Murakami, Wind/ Pinball: Two Novels

“There are things in this world you can’t do a damn thing about.” “Like what?” “Like a rotten tooth, for example. One day it just starts aching. No one can ease the pain, no matter how hard they try to comfort you. It makes you furious with yourself. Next thing you know you’re furious with them because they aren’t pissed off with themselves. See how it escalates?”
― Haruki Murakami, Wind/ Pinball: Two Novels