Tonight at work I’ve been reading Vintage Murakami, a collection of Haruki Murakami’s short stories and pieces of novels. One of my favourites I’ve read so far was “Honey Pie” and the closing paragraph struck me as worthy of sharing.
I want to write stories that are different from the ones I’ve written so far, Junpei thought: I want to write about people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they can hold the ones they love. But right now I have to stay here and keep watch over this woman and this girl. I will never let anyone — not anyone — try to put them into that crazy box — not even if the sky should fall or the earth crack open with a roar.