“Silence. How long it lasted, I couldn't tell. It might have been five ...” — Haruki Murakami Quote

“Silence. How long it lasted, I couldn't tell. It might have been five seconds, it might have been a minute. Time wasn't fixed. It wavered, stretched, shrank. Or was it me that wavered, stretched, and shrank in the silence? I was warped in the folds of time, like a reflection in a fun house mirror.”

“No matter how vivid memories may be, they can’t win out against the power of time.”

“I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic.”

“Many people tell me that they don 't know what to feel when they finish one of my books because the story was dark, or complicated, or strange. But while they were reading it, they were inside my world and they were happy. That's good.”

“Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?”

“Even time can be smelled and seen if you are observant, if you know how to smell the abstract. And if you do, you risk exposure to a certain addiction. The addiction to smell.”

“There was a sudden stillness like the gap between ticks on a clock, but the next tick never coming.”

“Unos tiempos se nos arrebatan, otros se nos sustraen y otros se nos escapan.”

“But the days are long and always the same.”

“a photographer flashes picture after picture and everyone who comes up and stands with us smiles because they know that the photos mean even after they leave they'll still be here”

“Chronocanine Envy:”