Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami

For only through assiduous repetition is it possible to redistribute skewed tendencies.

approximations bring you closest to comprehending the true nature of things.

Repetition can improve your technique and refine your style.

“It’s being unable to pick and choose. Nobody chooses to evolve. It’s like floods and avalanches and earthquakes. You never know

what’s happening until they hit, then it’s too late.”

“Everyone may be ordinary, but they’re not normal.”

“The mind is nothing you use,” I say. “The mind is just there. It is like the wind. You simply feel its movements.”