Haruki Murakami: Frasi in inglese (pagina 12)

“Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.”

“When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.”

“What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We get in the habit of thinking, this is the world, but that's not true at all. The real world is a much darker and deeper place than this, and much of it is occupied by jellyfish and things.”

“Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit.”

“Once you let yourself grow close to someone, cutting the ties could be painful.”

“Autumn finally arrived. And when it did, I came to a decision. Something had to give: I couldn't keep on living like this.”

“It's my motto for life. 'Walk slowly; drink lots of water.”

“People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.”

“I am a flawed human being - a far more flawed human being than you
realize.”

“Everyone just keeps on disappearing. Some things vanish, like they were cut away. Others fade slowly into the mist. And all that remains is a desert.”

“It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.”

“Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?"
"I guess it depends on how you die.”

“The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambition. There was nothing I wanted to be.”

“Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”

“Everything just blows me away.”

“A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born but you can choose how you die.”

“Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess.”

“My shadow is only half of what it should be."
"Everyone has their shortcomings.”

“Everything has boundaries. The same holds true with thought. You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you should not be afraid of destroying them. That's what is most important if you want to be free: respect for and exasperation with boundaries.”