More quotes by Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"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."
"Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart."
"In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive."
"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."
"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."