I'm not particularly interested in collecting things, but there's one sort of running motif in my life: despite my basic indifference, objects just seem to collect around me, of their own volition. (Haruki Murakami)

I'm not particularly interested in collecting things, but there's one sort of running motif in my life: despite my basic indifference, objects just seem to collect around me, of their own volition.

Haruki Murakami

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