“I'm not so weird to me.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“If I have left a wound inside you, it is not just your wound but mine as well.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Waiting for your
answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At
least let me know whether or not I hurt you.”
― Norwegian Wood
answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At
least let me know whether or not I hurt you.”
― Norwegian Wood
“But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“These days I just can't seem to say what I mean [...]. I just can't. Every time I try to say something, it misses the point. Either that or I end up saying the opposite of what I mean. The more I try to get it right the more mixed up it gets. Sometimes I can't even remember what I was trying to say in the first place. It's like my body's split in two and one of me is chasing the other me around a big pillar. We're running circles around it. The other me has the right words, but I can never catch her.”
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
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