“I love you,” I say to him, only it comes out, “Hey.”
“So damn much,” he says back, only it comes out, “Dude.”
He still won’t meet my eyes.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
“So damn much,” he says back, only it comes out, “Dude.”
He still won’t meet my eyes.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step. There's no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones. That's the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine.
And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others.
And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.”
― Kafka on the Shore
And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others.
And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.”
― Kafka on the Shore
“Biết đâu già đi lại là một điều hay. Bởi vì càng nhiều tuổi, người ta lại có càng nhiều ký ức. Và rồi, một lúc nào đó khi chủ nhân chết đi, những ký ức sẽ hòa lẫn vào không khí, tan vào mưa, thấm vào đất, tiếp tục tồn tại. Chúng sẽ trôi tới nhiều nơi khác, và không chừng, cũng sẽ thử len lỏi vào tim những người khác nữa. Thỉnh thoảng, có những nơi ta mới đến lần đầu nhưng chẳng hiểu sao lại có cảm giác như rất thân quen , không chừng đó là ký ức của một người xưa nào đó đang trêu chọc chúng ta. Nghĩ như vậy, tự nhiên tôi lại thấy vui.”
― The Friends
― The Friends
“Nghệ thuật không là ánh trăng lừa dối, không nên là ánh trăng lừa dối! Nghệ thuật có thể chỉ là tiếng đau khổ kia, thoát ra từ những kiếp người lầm than.
~ 'Trăng Sáng”
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~ 'Trăng Sáng”
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“Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don’t know a damn thing.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
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