Another Murakami Quote
Listening to “The Wind Up Bird Chronicle” on Audible. Been so long since I read this the first time, I might as well be reading it for the first time. I only very vaguely remember any of the story. Anyway, there’s this one line, from Mr. Honda, the spiritual advisor that Toru and Kumiko visit at the beginning of their marriage.
“The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you’re supposed to go up and down when you’re supposed to go down. When you’re supposed to go up, find the highest tower and climb to the top. When you’re supposed to go down, find the deepest well and go down to the bottom. When there’s no flow, stay still. If you resist the flow, everything dries up. If everything dries up, the world is darkness.”
This just reminded me a lot of my favorite quote from the Sheep Man.
Words to live by, if they mean anything at all to you. Otherwise, ignore.
That’s a great quote, Keith!
Hey. I’m reading that now (along with your Foundation ActionScript Animation).
Even more of a coincidence, I’m at the part where the main character is sitting at the bottom of the deep well in the empty house.
Keep up the good work!
I’m a bit more than 2/3 of the way through it now. I remembered things pretty well up to the point of him going into the well from the first time I read the book, and very vaguely recalled him going to meet the woman in Akasaka after that. But other than that, I don’t remember any more of the plot. It’s like I’m reading it for the first time now. It makes me actually wonder if I even finished reading it the first time through. I’m sure I did, but it’s a complete blank now. Great book though!