Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Murakami and the Right Side of Conflict

Barba pointed me to this brief speech by the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami on the occasion of winning the Jerusalem Prize.
Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous2/26/09, 1:13 PM

    Thanks for passing this on.

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  2. MT2/27/09, 11:00 AM

    "Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg."

    Or was this his PETA award speech in advocacy for free-range.

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  3. helmut2/28/09, 6:26 PM

    Or maybe just an outcome of trying to cook the two things. The brick omelets came out a bit dry.

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