Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. So said Voltaire, the realist. You agree with that? Everything has boundaries. The same holds true with thought. You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you...

What makes the idea of ​​growing is pain.

Alienation and loneliness became a cable that stretched hundreds of miles long, pulled to the breaking point by a gigantic winch. And through that taut line, day and night, he received indecipherable...

I basically have nothing to offer to others. If you think about it, I don't even have anything to offer myself.

It's a waste of time to think about things you can't know, and things you can't confirm even if you know them.

There is no silence without a cry of grief, no forgiveness without bloodshed, no acceptance without a passage of acute loss.

You have to experience it to understand. One thing I can say, though, is that once you see that true sight with your own eyes, the world you've lived in up till now will look flat and insipid. There's...

You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you also should not be afraid of destroying them.

About half the people in the world dislike their own name.

Never being constrained, thinking about things freely-that's what you're hoping for? Exactly. But it seems to me that thinking about things freely can't be easy. It means leaving behind your physical...

There are all kinds of things we have to deal with in life," Eri finally said. "And one thing always seems to connect with another. You try to solve one problem, only to find that another one you...

It's a waste of time to think about things you can't know

There are certain thoughts that, no matter what, you have to keep inside.

He placed this doubt inside a drawer in his mind labeled "Pending" and postponed any further consideration.

Talent can be a nice thing to have sometimes. You look good, attract attention, and if you're lucky, you make some money. Women flock to you. In that sense, having talent's preferable to having none....

And in that moment, he was finally able to accept it all. In the deepest recesses of his soul, Tsukuru Tazaki understood. One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are,...

I just want to think deeply about things. Contemplate ideas in a pure, free sort of way. That's all. If you think about it, that's kind of like constructing a vacuum.

Some things in life are just to complicated to explain in any language.'Olga was absolutely right, Tsukuru thought as he sipped his wine. Not just to explain to others, but to explain to yourself....

Every person has their own colour.

- You're not afraid of death? - Honestly, I have seen a lot of valuable person who die, and if they can die, I can.

Force yourself to explain it and you create lies.

I've been clinging to this world like a discarded shell of an insect stuck to a branch, about to be blown off forever by a gust of wind.

You can hide memories, but you can't erase the history that produced them." Sara looked directly into his eyes. "If nothing else, you need to remember that. You can't erase history, or change it. It...

The truth sometimes reminds me of a city buried in sand. As time passes, the sand piles up even thicker, and occasionally it's blown away and what's below is revealed.

We live in a pretty apathetic age, yet we're surrounded by an enormous amount of information about other people. If you feel like it, you can easily gather that information about them. Having said...

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.

The heart apparently doesn't stop that easily.

The world isn't that easily turned upside down, Haida replied. It's people who are turned upside down.

The fresh smell of coffee soon wafted through the apartment, the smell that separates night from day.

Let's say you are an empty vessel. So what? What's wrong with that?" Eri said. "You're still a wonderful, attractive vessel. And really, does anybody know who they are? So why not be a completely...