"Come to think of it , however, everything I write is more or less, a strange tale."
- Haruki Murakami
"…was the kind of person who liked to sit alone in his room reading books or listening to music, and he was terrible at sports. Awkward with strangers, he rarely made friends."
- Haruki Murakami
"Women really think of every possible scenario."
- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami)
Radio:
Garrison already decimated by the Vietcong, who lost 115 of their men...
Woman:
It's awful, isn't it, it's so anonymous
Man:
What is?
Woman:
They say 115 guerrillas, yet it doesn't mean anything because we don't know anything about these men, who they are, whether they love a woman, or have children, if they prefer the cinema to the theater. We know nothing. They just say...115 dead.
- Jean-Luc Godard, Pierrot le Fou
"and whenever she tried and failed, she felt like a lonely castaway on the open sea."
- Haruki Murakami, “1Q84” (via ordinarily-strange)
"Nowadays, if you try to grasp the reality of anything, there’s always a whole slew of convoluted extras that come with it: hidden advertising, dubious discount coupons, point card stores handout that you know you should throw out but still hold on to, options that are forced on you before you know what’s happening."
- Haruki Murakami (Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman)
"Clothes aren’t important. The real problem is what’s inside them."
- Haruki Murakami
"It was as if my whole life revolved around trying to judge the right point in a conversation to say goodbye."
- Haruki Murakami
"She reached out and laid her hand on his, “Come back to school, OK? Tomorrow? I’ve never had a friend like you before. You give me so much.I hope you realize that.
“So much, but not enough” , he said."
- Haruki Murakami, After the Quake
“So much, but not enough” , he said."
