Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to sleep through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won't be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there- to the edge of the world. There's something you can't do unless you get there.

πŸ“– Haruki Murakami

🌍 Japanese  |  πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’Ό Writer

πŸŽ‚ January 12, 1949
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In the quote from Haruki Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore," time is depicted as a heavy burden that resembles a vague and unsettling dream. The character struggles against this weight, attempting to navigate through life while feeling the relentless pressure of time. Despite the effort to evade it, the realization emerges that escape is impossible, no matter how far one travels.

The journey described implies a deeper purpose or revelation that...

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