Shivangi Narayan

“Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories

“Brutha walked along in silence. There was a glimmer of frost on the dunes. “Have you ever heard,” he said, “of Ethics?” “Somewhere in Howondaland, isn’t it?” “The Ephebians were very interested in it.” “Probably thinking about invading.” “They seemed to think about it a lot.” “Long-term strategy, maybe.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

“In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she wrote it down. "So what does that really mean? In simple terms."
I think it over. It takes me a while to gather my thoughts, but she waits patiently.
"I think it means," I say, "that chance encounters are what keep us going. In simple terms.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore