Haruki Murakami Accepting Quotations

But if something did happen, it happened. Whether it's right or wrong. I accept everything that happens, and that's how I became the person I am now.

[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.

Maybe the only thing I can definitely say about is this: That’s life. Maybe the only thing we can do is accept it, without really knowing what’s going on.