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Desire: Vintage Minis QUOTES

Desire: Vintage Minis QUOTES

1 " Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it … But maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart. "

― Haruki Murakami , Desire: Vintage Minis

2 " we never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not "

― Haruki Murakami , Desire: Vintage Minis

3 " I myself have adopted the position that, in fact, we never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not. "

― Haruki Murakami , Desire: Vintage Minis

4 " A special kind of hunger. And what might that be? I can present it here in the form of a cinematic image. One, I am in a little boat, floating on a quiet sea. Two, I look down, and in the water I see the peak of a volcano thrusting up from the ocean floor. Three, the peak seems pretty close to the water’s surface, but just how close I cannot tell. Four, this is because the hypertransparency of the water interferes with the perception of distance. "

― Haruki Murakami , Desire: Vintage Minis

5 " It had no ornament, no defining characteristic. No argument, no message. It fulfilled its structural role but aspired to nothing further. "

― Haruki Murakami , Desire: Vintage Minis

6 " Samsa sat there for a long time with his eyes closed. Then, making up his mind, he stood, grabbed his black walking stick, and headed for the stairs. He would return to the second floor and figure out the proper way to dress. For now, at least, that would be his mission. The world was waiting for him to learn. "

― Haruki Murakami , Desire: Vintage Minis

7 " Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it … But maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can "

― Haruki Murakami , Desire: Vintage Minis

8 " HE WOKE TO discover that he had undergone a metamorphosis and become Gregor Samsa. "

― Haruki Murakami , Desire: Vintage Minis