“Sure, that can happen. We have an experience—like a chemical reaction—that transforms something inside us. When we examine ourselves later on, we discover that all the standards we've lived by have shot up another notch and the world's opened up in unexpected ways.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Lift the burden from your shoulders and live—not caught up in someone else's schemes, but as you. That's what you want.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“You're in the middle of something wonderful, something so tremendous you may never experience it again. But you can't really understand how wonderful it is. That makes you impatient. And that, in turn, leads to despair.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“But now you find yourself in a new world, in a situation you've never been in before. It's all new to you, so no wonder you feel confused.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“The longer people live, the more they learn to distinguish what's important from what's not.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“The world is changing and we must change with it.”— Michael Hirst, Ragnar Lothbrok, Travis Fimmel, imdb.com
“My goal is not to wake up at forty with the bitter realization that I've wasted my life in a job I hate, because I was forced to decide on a career in my teens.”— Glenn Eichler, Daria Morgendorffer (voice), Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com
“Until things happen, they haven't happened. And often things aren't what they seem.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“'The sea is a really nice thing, isn't it?' 'Yeah, it is. Makes you feel calm.' 'Why is that?' 'Probably 'cause it's so big, with nothing on it.'”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“We all die and disappear, but that's because the mechanism of the world itself is built on destruction and loss. Our lives are just shadows of that guiding principle. Say the wind blows. It can be a strong, violent wind or a gentle breeze. But eventually every kind of wind dies out and disappears. W…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Weird . . . People are born in order to live, right? But the longer I've lived, the more I've lost what's inside me—and ended up empty. And I bet the longer I live, the emptier, the more worthless, I'll become.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“'You can't use that strength as a protective wall around you. There's always going to be something stronger that can overcome your fortress. At least in principle.' 'Strength itself becomes your morality.'”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Perhaps most people in the world aren't trying to be free . . . They just think they are. It's all an illusion. If they really were set free, most people would be in a real bind. You'd better remember that. People actually prefer not being free.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“When life gives you lemons, make apple sauce.”— Larry Doyle, Peter Gaffney, Angelica Pickles, Cheryl Chase, imdb.com
“If you’re reading this.. The internet isn’t reality. The things people are typing are words in an app you can choose to ignore. Put your phone down, close your eyes, count to 10 Think about how you can make the world a better place in the real world. We need you out here.”— Lizzo, twitter.com