And so they parted, she to the east, and he to the west. The test they had agreed upon, however, was utterly unnecessary. They should never have undertaken it, because they really and truly were each...
An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then wither on the vine. You're optimistic one moment, only t...
All things pass. None of us can manage to hold on to anything. In that way, we live our lives.
A regular wind-up toy world this is, I think. Once a day the wind-up bird has to come and wind the springs of this world. Alone in this fun house, only I grow old, a pale softball of death swelling in...
Rock and roll was my favorite, but before long I grew to enjoy Shinamoto's brand of classical music. This was music from another world, which had its appeal, but more than that I loved it because she...
العالم فضاء واسع، لكن الفضاء الذي سيحتويك -والذي ليس بالضرورة أن يكون كبيرا جدا- ﻻ وجود له. تبحث عن صوت. فماذا تجد؟ الصمت. تبحث عن الصمت، فماذا تسمع؟ ليس إﻻ نذير الشؤم إياه يعيد نفسه مرارا. وأحيانا يض...
You’re wasting your life being involved with me.I’m not wasting anything.But I might never recover. Will you wait for me forever? Can you wait 10 years, 20 years?You’re letting yourself be scared by t...
You’re really cute, Midori, I corrected myself.What do you mean really cute?So cute the mountains crumble and the oceans dry up.
You're walking through a field all by yourself one day in spring and this sweet little bear cub with velvet fur and shiny little eyes comes walking along. And he says to you, 'Hi, there, little lady....
You know what girls are like. They turn twenty or twenty-one and all of a sudden they start having these concrete ideas. They get super realistic. And when that happens, everything that seemed so swee...
You have to overcome the fear and anger inside you, the boy named Crow says. Let a bright light shine in and melt the coldness in your heart. That’s what being tough is all about. Do that and you real...
You can keep as quiet as you like, but one of these days somebody is going to find you.
You are a pastel-colored Persian carpet, and loneliness is a Bordeaux wine stain that won’t come out
Why do you read books? he asked. Why do you drink beer? I replied without glancing in his direction,
Why do people have to build such depressing places? I'm not saying that every nook and cranny of the world has to be beautiful, but does it have to be this ugly?
Why are you staring at me? she’d ask.‘Cause you’re pretty, I’d reply.You’re the first one who’s ever said that.I’m the only one who knows, I’d tell her. And believe me, I know.
Whether it's good for anything or not, cool or totally uncool, in the final analysis what's most important is what you can't see but can feel in your heart.
Whether by chance conjunction or not, the wind-up bird was a powerful presence in Cinnamon’s story. The cry of this bird was audible only to certain special people, who were guided by it toward inesca...
Whenever I meet people for the first time, I get them to talk for ten minutes. Then I size them up from the exact opposite perspective of all they’ve told me. Do you think that’s crazy?No, I said, sha...
Whenever I get into something, I shut out everything else.