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"The gurgle of whiskey pouring into the glass was music to my ears. Like an old friend opening his heart to me."

Only a handful of chapters left and I cannot imagine where it will all end up.

"The gurgle of whiskey pouring into the glass was music to my ears. Like an old friend opening his heart to me."

I listened to old stuff over and over again. Books were the same.I reread books from my past, often more than once, but ignored books that had just come out. Somewhere along the way, time seemed to have come to a screeching halt."

Anyone else feel the same?

" 'Who was it that said, 'The greatest surprise in life is old age?' he asked."

Ouch. So scarily true.

"It seems as if, year after year, the world becomes a more difficult place to live."

Can't say I disagree.

"No matter how vivid a memory, the power of time was stronger. I knew this instinctively"

I love how Murakami always has such interesting existential questions in his novels. And how his main protagonists are always grappling with them.

"Our lives really do seem strange and mysterious when you look back on them. Filled with unbelievably bizarre coincidences and unpredictable, zigzagging developments."

So true. And let's not forget the good old speedbumps.

Diving back into my Murakami Odyssey ✨️

"But for the life of me I couldn’t recall what happened back in October or November. I mean, I could barely recall what happened yesterday."

I know the feeling. Sometimes life just becomes a blur.