Haruki Murakami, 1q84

Quotes

• “Wasn't it better if they kept this desire to see each other hidden within them, and never actually got together? That wa...”
• “I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I w...”
• “Human beings are ultimately nothing but carriers-passageways- for genes. They ride us into the ground like racehorses fr...”
• “If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get to...”
• “This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible ...”
• “A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.”
• “Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.”
• “But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got.”
• “Wherever there's hope there's a trial.”