1. As a person, no matter what I say, I must put it into words, otherwise I won’t be able to get to the bottom of it. ——Haruki Murakami "Norwegian Wood"

2. Defining goals can make life simpler. ——Haruki Murakami, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Pilgrimage Years" 3. Why do people have to be so lonely? I thought, why do they have to be so lonely? All living things in this world are everywhere. Why are we so isolated and helpless when we seek something from others? Could it be that this planet relies on people’s loneliness as nourishment to maintain its operation? —— Haruki Murakami’s “Sputnik Lovers”

3. When we look back at the path we have taken, what we see still seems to be only a vague 'maybe'. All we can clearly recognize is the present moment, and this only passes by us. ——Haruki Murakami

4. Maybe my pericardium has a hard shell, and the things that can break through the shell are extremely limited. That's why I can't be passionate about people - Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Wood"

5. "The mountains and rivers are lonely, the streets are orderly, and the residents live in peace. It's a pity that people have no figure, no memory, and no heart. Men and women can You can't fall in love with each other. Love requires a heart, and the heart has been embedded in countless unicorn skulls and turned into ancient dreams. ——Haruki Murakami, "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland" 6. Ordinary Things. There must be a sequence, and it’s not good to look too far ahead. If you look too far ahead, you will inevitably neglect your feet, and people will often fall. But on the other hand, just looking at the feet is not enough. If you don't look ahead, you might bump into something. Therefore, we should deal with the current things step by step while looking forward to a certain extent. This is crucial, no matter what you do. ——Haruki Murakami, "Kafka on the Shore" 8. What does it mean for a person to be free? Is it just a clever escape from a cage, but actually just being in another bigger cage? In fact, are we not? Caged birds, no matter how they fly, can never escape the society and environment they are enveloped in. Freedom is just an illusionary rhetoric, and we will never find it in the end. And without society, we have no freedom. ——Haruki Murakami