Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"When you say you believe, you allow the possibility of disappointment. And from disappointment or betrayal, there may come despair. Such is the way of the mind."
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"When you say you believe, you allow the possibility of disappointment. And from disappointment or betrayal, there may come despair. Such is the way of the mind."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Many are the women who can take their clothes off seductively, but women who can charm as they dress?"
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"I thought about the screws and their happiness. Maybe they were glad to be free of the eggbeater, to be independent screws, to luxuriate on white trays. It did feel good to see them happy."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Kindness and a caring mind are two separate qualities. Kindness is manners. It is superficial custom, an acquired practice. Not so the mind. The mind is deeper, stronger, and, I believe, it is far more inconstant."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Think it over carefully. This is very important," I say, "because to believe something, whatever it might be, is the doing of the mind. Do you follow? When you say you believe, you allow the possibility of disappointment. And from disappointment or betrayal, there may come despair. Such is the way of the mind."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"That's the way it is with the mind. Nothing is ever equal. Like a river, as it flows, the course changes with the terrain."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"The mind is strong. It survives, even without thought. Even with everything taken away, it holds a seed—your self."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"No two human beings are alike; it's a question of identity. And what is identity? The cognitive system arisin' from the aggregate memories of that individual's past experiences. The layman's word for this is the mind. Not two human beings have the same mind. At the same time, human beings have almost no grasp of their own cognitive systems. I don't, you don't, nobody does. All we know—or think we know—is but a fraction of the whole cake. A mere tip of the icing."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Tisn't any need for you't'know. Even without you knowin', you function as yourself. That's your black box. In other words, we all carry around this great unexplored 'elephant graveyard' inside us. Outer space aside, this is truly humanity's last terra incognita"
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"the mind is strong. It survives, even without thought. Even with everything taken away, it holds a seed--your self. You must believe in your own powers."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"How can I be strong when I do not know my own mind? I am lost."That's not true. You are not lost. It's just that your own thoughts are being kept from you, or hidden away. But the mind is strong. It survives, even without thought. Even with everything taken away, it holds a seed-- your self. You must believe in your own powers."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Let your body work until it is spent, but keep your mind for yourself."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"You're wrong. The mind is not like raindrops. It does not fall from the skies, it does not lose itself among other things. If you believe in me at all, then believe this: I promise you I will find it. Everything depends on this." "I believe you," she whispers after a moment. "Please find my mind."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Losing you is most difficult for me, but the nature of my love for you is what matters. If it distorts into half-truth, then perhaps it is better not to love you. I must keep my mind but lose you."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Let your body work until it is spent, but keep your mind to yourself."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Now for a good twelve-hour sleep, I told myself. Twelve solid hours. Let birds sing, let people go to work. Somewhere out there, a volcano might blow, Israeli commandos might decimate a Palestinian village. I couldn't stop it. I was going to sleep."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Death leaves cans of shaving cream half-used."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
"Don't blame me. That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution."
Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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