“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.”
― Rashomon and Other Stories
― Rashomon and Other Stories
“I could wish for nothing more than to die for a childish dream in which I truly believed.”
― Mandarins: Stories
― Mandarins: Stories
“Watching people is a bit of a hobby of mine. It's quite fascinating, really.”
― The Devotion of Suspect X
― The Devotion of Suspect X
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
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