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Haruki Murakami
“Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.”
Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

David  Mitchell
“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

David  Mitchell
“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

Haruki Murakami
“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library.”
Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

David  Mitchell
“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

25x33 Japan Book Club — 139 members — last activity Jan 24, 2021 12:29PM
For everybody enjoying fiction and non-fiction on Japan or by Japanese authors.
31445 The World's Literature in India — 878 members — last activity May 13, 2026 01:55AM
Literature from the languages of India. Photos: CSaiphani02, "State Central Library (Public library in Hyderabad)" IBiswarup Ganguly, "Photographed ...more
4170 The Sword and Laser — 21664 members — last activity 42 minutes ago
Online discussion forum for the Sword and Laser podcast and monthly book club pick. Subscribe to the audio podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podca ...more
224423 Reading Glasses - Fan Group — 3626 members — last activity Nov 29, 2025 01:20PM
A group for readers who listen to the 'Reading Glasses' podcast - our own little community!! ...more
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