#quote posts

The Lake House 2006

@ombre-ame

Feb 8 ,2026

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” (Norwegian Wood)

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” (Kafka on the Shore)

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” (What I Talk About When I Talk About Running)

“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?” (Sputnik Sweetheart)

“Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star.

It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago.

Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.” (South of the Border, West of the Sun)

“Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.” (Dance Dance Dance)

“In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.” (After Dark)