"I'd hasten to say that the prejudice in Dust City isn't completely analogous to racism in the real world."

“From a technical point of view, there seemed to me to be absolutely no reason why - with the existing technology - we couldn't do very high quality audio, because whereas the boom in digital graphics is ongoing, the boom in digital audio has already happened.”

“Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.”

“Neither logic nor scientific evidence supports such a belief. Although spinal manipulation can relieve certain types of back pain, neck pain, and other musculoskeletal symptoms, there is no scientific evidence that it can restore or maintain health. As a result of expressing my opinion on this subject, I have been called a chiropractic heretic.”

“Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.”

“Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.”

“This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan. . . Look hard for your river Jordan, my child. You'll find it.”

Source : Laurie Halse Anderson (2010). “Chains”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

“I missed him, of course, but sometimes close friendships have a tidal beat that pulls you towards different shores though the ocean that connects you remains.”

“Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”

Source : FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Aug 05, 2011