“ice contains no future, just the past, sealed away. As if they're alive, everything in the world is sealed up inside, clear and distinct. Ice can preserve all kinds of things that way- cleanly, clearly. That's the essence of ice, the role it plays.”
Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
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Haruki Murakami 655
Japanese author, novelist 1949Related quotes
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