“The difference between immediate value and nonimmediate value is like the difference between a small teakettle and a large one. The small kettle is handy because it boils quickly, but it cools down quickly, too. A large kettle, on the other hand, takes time for the water to boil, but once it does it doesn’t cool down for a long time.”

— Haruki Murakami

(1949 -)