One Thousand Summers

If I didn't hold her tight, I felt, she would fly off into pieces. — Haruki Murakami,  South of the Border, West of the Sun

While they’re still alive, people can become ghosts.   — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

As the years pass, I will find myself longing for the sight of the midnight moon. 心にも あらで浮世に ながらへば 恋しかるべき 夜半の月かな

A story stays forever--if it is good and finds a place in the hearts of the right people.   — Haruki Murakami: In pursuit of new realism

The world order that had existed collapsed, and a situation like a kind of chaos appeared. I think that (my novels became popular overseas) because their contents match the chaos of the world. In a well-established order, the novels will not be accepted. — Haruki Murakami, somewhere in Asahi newspaper, probably