Kafka on the Shore (Vintage International)

The light shines into the act of life for only the briefest moment—perhaps only a matter of seconds. Once it is gone and one has failed to grasp its offered revelation, there is no second chance. One may have to live the rest of one’s life in hopeless depths of loneliness and remorse. In that twilight world, one can no longer look forward to anythi

But it went without saying that his life was bounded by time, space, and probability. Like everyone else’s in this world.

At your age I was filled with illusions of escaping reality, but you’re standing right up to the real world and confronting it head-on. That’s a big difference.”

To quote Kilgore Trout: