“From my own experience, when someone is trying very hard to get something, they don't. And when they're running away from something as hard as they can, it usually catches up with them.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“But that calm won't last long, you know. It's like beasts that never tire, tracking you everywhere you go. They come out at you deep in the forest. They're tough, relentless, merciless, untiring, and they never give up.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“This world is a terribly violent place. And nobody can escape the violence. Please keep that in mind. You can't be too cautious. The same holds true for cats and human beings.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Not that running away's going to solve everything . . . No matter how far you run. Distance might not solve anything.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Now, when for the third time his fairy castle of perfect peace and pleasure seemed shaken to its foundations, when he again realized the uncertainty of life or death, he felt bewildered and wretched.”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“They depict in a willful form the very real distress of men who in the face of hard conditions of work and life search desperately for the right way.”— Helmut Richter, amazon.com