The Night | Until Edison invented the electric light, most of...

"Until Edison invented the electric light, most of the world was totally covered in darkness. The physical darkness outside and the inner darkness of the soul were mixed together, with no boundary separating the two… But today things are different. The darkness in the outside world has vanished, but the darkness in our hearts remains, virtually unchanged. Just like an iceberg, what we label the ego or subconscious is, for the most part, sunk in darkness. And that estrangement sometimes creates a deep contradiction or confusion within us."

- Haruki Murakami

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