“All efforts of reason and analysis are, in a word, like trying to slice through a watermelon with sewing needles. They may leave marks on the outer rind, but the fruity pulp will remain perpetually out of reach.”
Haruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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