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Book cover for Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
You need to use the thread of logic, as best you can, to skillfully sew onto yourself everything that’s worth living for.”
Melissa Gordon
This was the right book for me to read at this point in my life. I would consider it one of Murakami's most hopeful books.
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Dalai Lama XIV
“Silence is sometimes the best answer”
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Dalai Lama XIV
“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.”
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Stephen Jay Gould
“We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to it, but here we are.”
Stephen Jay Gould, The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History

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“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
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“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
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