“But if you look at it like that, we're all pretty much empty, don't you think? You eat, take a dump, do your crummy job for your lousy pay, and get laid occasionally, if you're lucky . . . Still you know, interesting things do happen in life.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Good morning. May today surprise us with its beauty, with its surprising joy. May we remember that we’ve not been destroyed, that we’re still here. Eyes up. Let's go.”— Esmé Weijun Wang, twitter.com
“'You do nothing for your living?' 'Nothing, indeed!' and he shrugged his shoulders with a mingled air of weariness and self-pity, 'Except one thing — I live! 'Is that hard work?' she inquired wonderingly. 'Very!'”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“And you’ll return to real life. You need to live it to the fullest. No matter how shallow and dull things might get, this life is worth living. I guarantee it.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com