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

“In dreams begin responsibility. Turn this on its head and you could say that where there's no power to imagine, no responsibility can arise.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“But when it comes down to actually packing and leaving, I can't bring myself to do it. Can you see what I mean?If the town's really going to die, then the urge to stay on and see the town to its end wins out.”
― Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase

“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. Of course it's important to know what's right and what's wrong. Individual errors in judgment can usually be corrected. As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around. But intolerant, narrow minds with no imagination are like parasites that transform the host, change form and continue to thrive. They're a lost cause, and I don't want anyone like that coming in here.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore