Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore (2002)

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Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

Haruki Murakami
As I already explaned, I don't have any form. I'm a conceptual metaphysical object.

Haruki Murakami
Well, think of what I'm doing to you right now. For me I'm the self, and you're the object. For you, of course, it's the exact opposite—you're the self to you and I'm the object. And by exchanging self and object, we can project ourselves onto the other and gain self-consciousness. Volitionally. I still don't get it, but it sure feels good. That's the whole idea, the girl said.

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Things outside you are projections of what's inside you, and what's inside you is a projection of what's outside. So when you step into the labyrinth outside you, at the same time you're stepping into the labyrinth inside.

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If you try to use your head to think about things, people don't want to have anything to do with you

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This is the extent of his knowledge of the sea: it was very big, it was salty, and fish lived there.

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The journey I'm taking is inside me. Just like blood travels down veins, what I'm seeing is my inner self and what seems threatening is just the echo of the fear in my heart.

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Reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. All you have to do is open a newspaper on any given day to weigh the good news versus the bad news, and you'll see what I mean.

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As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around.

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

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Having an object that symbolizes freedom might make a person happier than actually getting the freedom it represents.

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Not just beautiful, though—the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me.

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