“From my own experience, when someone is trying very hard to get something, they don't. And when they're running away from something as hard as they can, it usually catches up with them.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I'll tell you one thing, though. You're going to get a lot tougher if you want to make it.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“There are no friends now; the world is a great field of battle, — each man fights the other. There is no peace, — none anywhere! The wind fights with the forests; you can hear them slashing and slaying all night long — when it is night — the long, long night! The sun fights with the sky, the light w…”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com