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“Being active every day makes it easier to hear that inner voice.”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the world is to live a meaningful existence by default.”
― Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic: Post-Katrina Stories

“Your problem”—he pulled an onion tart from the oven—“is that you always look for reasons to be unhappy.”
― Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel