Ice M.

“I've heard it said that the happiest time in our lives is the period when pop songs really mean
something to us, really get to us.”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

“Effective speaking is about the unpredictable and uncontrollable art of connection.”
― Brené Brown, Dare to Lead

“These were both nothing more than a pair of minor incidents that happened in my trivial little life. Short side trips along the way. Even if they hadn’t happened, I doubt my life would have wound up much different from what it is now. But still, these memories return to me sometimes, traveling down a very long passageway to arrive. And when they do, their unexpected power shakes me to the core. Like an autumn wind that gusts at night, swirling fallen leaves in a forest, flattening the pampas grass in fields, and pounding hard on the doors to people’s homes, over and over again.”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

“I've heard it said that the happiest times in our lives is the period when pop songs really mean something to us, really get to us. It may be true. Or maybe not. Pop songs may, after all, be nothing but pop songs. And perhaps our lives are merely decorative, expendable items, a burst of fleeting color and nothing more.”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories