Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

Nakata let his body relax, switched off his mind, letting things flow through him. This was natural for him, something he’d done ever since he was a child, without a second thought.

Sense of spiritualism

Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

Closing your eyes isn’t going to change anything. Nothing’s going to disappear just because you can’t see what’s going on. In fact, things will be even worse the next time you open your eyes. That’s the kind of world we live in, Mr Nakata.