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Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.

Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?

It was as though we were speaking in different languages. If the Dalai Lama were on his deathbed and the jazz musician Eric Dolph were to try to explain to him the importance of choosing one's engine oil in accordance with changes in the sound of the bass clarinet, that exchange might have been more worthwhile and effective than my conversations with Noboru Wataya.

You don't get it, I'm sure, Mr Wind-up Bird. When a naked seventeen year old girl is shedding tears in the moonlight, anything can happen. It's true.

Det er forbløffende hvordan det virker på tonefallet til et menneske når stemningen skifter aldri så lite.

And then I feel a dull ache in the chest, as if something inside there is being squeezed to death.

Jeg hadde ikke flere planer for ettermiddagen enn en trekkfugl har pantelån.