After Dark

by Haruki Murakami

“What I want to say is probably something like this: any single human being, no matter what kind of a person he or she may be, is all caught up in the tentacles of this animal like a giant octopus, and is getting sucked into the darkness. You can put any kind of spin on it you like, but you end up with the same unbearable spectacle.”

All of us face obstacles, all of us get dragged down, none of us are free from discomfort.