Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. — Haruki Murakami

MURAKAMI AT HIS JAZZ CLUB, PETER CAT, IN 1978.

Haruki Murakami; who is he?

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist, short story writer and translator. His deeply imaginative, thought provoking and downright strange books have become international bestsellers; his work has been translated…