What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Vintage International)

by Haruki Murakami

I prefer the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gorillaz, and Beck, and oldies like Creedence Clearwater Revival and the Beach Boys.

If you think about it, it’s precisely because people are different from others that they’re able to create their own independent selves.

Just as a river flows to the sea, growing older and slowing down are just part of the natural scenery, and I’ve got to accept it.

Turning thirty was just around the corner. I was reaching the age when I couldn’t be considered young anymore.

So I went to the Kinokuniya store in Shinjuku and bought a sheaf of manuscript paper and a five-dollar Sailor fountain pen. A small capital investment on my part.