Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

“That things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events there’s no such thing as coincidence.”

“When a war starts people are forced to become soldiers. They carry guns and

go to the front lines and have to kill soldiers on the other side. As many as they possibly can. Nobody cares whether you like killing other people or not. It’s just something you have to do.

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

“The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory.”