More quotes by Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore."
"Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence are one.The pain is an anchor, mooring me here."
"Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart."
"People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring."
"That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story."