“When it's raining like this," said Naoko, "it feels as if we're the only ones in the world. I wish it would just keep raining so the three of us could stay together.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Sometimes I feel dead," I told her, "and I hate everybody.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“And I fired four more times at a lifeless body and the bullets sank in without leaving a mark. And it was like giving four sharp knocks at the door of unhappiness.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
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