Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

Like flowers scattered in a storm, man’s life is one long farewell,

Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.”

There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s as Tolstoy said: happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

Anton Chekhov put it best when he said, ‘If a pistol appears in a story, eventually it’s got to be fired.’

‘Pointless thinking is worse than no thinking at all.’”

‘A life without once reading Hamlet is like a life spent in a coal mine.’”