“You were hurt badly, and those scars will be with you forever. I feel sorry for you, I really do. But think of it like this: It's not too late to recover. You're young, you're tough. You're adaptable. You can patch up your wounds, life up your head, and move on.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“'As long as there's such a think as time, everybody's damaged in the end, changed into something else. It always happens, sooner or later.' 'But even if that happens, you've got to have a place you can retrace your steps to.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com