stelladora

“Your brain is made to think about difficult things. To help you get to a point where you understand something that you didn’t understand at first. And that becomes the cream of your life. The rest is boring and worthless.”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

“When we truly love somebody with all out heart, or feel deep compassion, or have an idealistic sense of how the world should be, or when we discover faith (or something close to faith) - that's when we understand the circle as a given and accept it in our hearts”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

“perhaps our lives are merely decorative, expendable items, a burst of fleeting color and nothing more.”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

“Things like this happen sometimes in our lives,” I told him. “Inexplicable, illogical events that nevertheless are deeply disturbing. I guess we need to not think about them, just close our eyes and get through them. As if we were passing under a huge wave.”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories