Danna Jimenez

“If you hurt her any more than you already have, the wound could be too deep to fix.”
― Haruki Murakami

“夢の中ではあなたはものを見分ける必要がない。ぜんぜん、ない。そもそもの最初からそこには境界線というものが存在しないからだ。だから夢の中では衝突はほとんど起こらないし、もし仮に起こってもそこには痛みはない。でも現実は違う。現実は噛みつく。現実、現実。

Cuando soñamos no es preciso hacer distinciones, en lo absoluto. En los sueños, las fronteras no existen; por ende, tampoco existen los conflictos. Y si existiesen, éstos no causan ningún tipo de dolor. Pero la realidad es diferente. La realidad sí muerde y duele mucho. La cruda y cruel realidad.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

“Everything ended in silence. The beasts and spirits heaved a deep breath, broke up their encirclement, and returned to the depths of a forest that had lost its heart.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“Allowing ourselves to become pure point of view, we hang in midair over the city. What we see now is a gigantic metropolis waking up. Commuter trains of many colors move in all directions, transporting people from place to place. Each of those under transport is a human being with a different face and mind, and at the same time each is a nameless part of the collective identity. Each is simultaneously a self-contained whole and a mere part. Handling this dualism of theirs skillfully and advantageously, they perform their morning rituals with deftness and precision: brushing teeth, shaving, tying neckties, applying lipstick. They check the morning news on TV, exchange words with their families, eat, defecate.”
― Haruki Murakami, After Dark