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“This man says he has read The Great Gatsby three times," he said as if to himself. "Well, any friend of Gatsby is a friend of mine.”

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“Clutching these faded, fading imperfect memories to my breast, I go on writing this book with all the desperate intensity of a starving man sucking on bones.”

Author:Haruki Murakami

“At last, Midori's quiet voice broke the silence: "Where are you now?" Where was I now? Gripping the receiver, I raised my head and turned to see what lay beyond the phone box. Where was I now? I had no idea. No idea at all. Where was this place? All that flashed into my eyes were the countless shapes of people walking by to nowhere. Again and again I called out for Midori from the dead centre of this place that was no place.”

Author:Haruki Murakami

“I have a million things to talk to you about. A million things we have to talk about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.”

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Book:Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“It's not that I don't believe in contemporary literature, but I don't want to waste valuable time reading any book that has not had the baptism of time. Life is too short. (...) If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. That's the world of hicks and slobs. Real people would be ashamed of themselves doing that.”

Reading Literature Books Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami Nagasawa

Book:Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“Too many memories of her were crammed inside of me, and as soon as one of them found the slightest opening, the rest would force their way out in an endless stream, an unstoppable flood.”

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Book:Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“People leave strange little memories behind when they die.”

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Book:Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“You don't get it, do you? Person A understands Person B because the time is right for that to happen, not because Person B wants to be understood by Person A. (...) it's not a mistake, most people would call that love, if you think you want to understand me.”

Love Quotes Understanding Books Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami Nagasawa

Book:Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“I miss you terribly sometimes, but in general I go on living with all the energy I can muster. Just as you take care of the birds and the fields every morning, every morning I wind my own spring.”

Book:Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“I wrote letters in the classroom, I wrote letters at my desk at home with Seagull in my lap, I wrote letters at empty tables during my breaks at the Italian restaurant. It was as if I were writing letters to hold together the pieces of my crumbling life.”

Broken Heart Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami

Book:Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“They say curiosity killed the cat but I have rather always found it interesting”

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Book:The Whispers of Twilight

Source: The Whispers of Twilight