More quotes by Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"If you think God’s there, He is. If you don’t, He isn’t. And if that’s what God’s like, I wouldn’t worry about it."
"When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about."
"When someone is trying very hard to get something, they don't. And when they're running away from something as hard as they can, it usually catches up with them."
"Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart."
"It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story."