“The physical darkness outside and the inner darkness of the soul were mixed together, with no boundary separating the two.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“The darkness in the outside world has vanished, but the darkness in our hearts remains, virtually unchanged. Just like an iceberg, what we label the ego or consciousness is, for the most part, sunk in darkness. And that estrangement sometimes creates a deep contradiction or confusion within us.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com