Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago. Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.


from South Of The Border, West Of The Sun by Haruki Murakami



// I love to read Haruki Murakami. I almost don't read any Japanese writers but him. He tells stories in a very special way. Characters in his books have all sort of awkwardness, spontaneousness, weaknesses; all the flesh and blood of real people, real and interesting people.

Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves.
So anyone who's in love gets sad when they think of their lover.
It's like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of,
one you haven't seen in a long time

- Haruki Murakami

I try not to think about anything special while I am running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometimes. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.

- Haruki Murakami