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“Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe. Of course it’s important to know what’s right and what’s wrong. Individual errors in judgment can usually be corrected. As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around. But intolerant, narrow minds with no imagination are like parasites that transform the host, change form, and continue to thrive. They’re a lost cause, and I don’t want anyone like that coming in here.”

Kafka on the shore, haruki murakami
Pexels, Faruk Tokluoğlu, Kyoto, Japan
JAI, Pexels, source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/great-sea-waves-15776313/
why?

Stop. Breathe.

Reconnect.

I find the world view that runs through all of your publications very convincing — namely that as individuals each of us is extremely isolated, while at the same time we are all linked by a prototypical memory. There have been times in my own life that I felt exactly this way.

Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami