Allison

“I felt like I’d seen this scene, many years before. A broad swatch of lawn, twin girls slurping up orange juice, long-tailed birds flying off who knows where, netless tennis courts, the sea beyond . . . But it was an illusion. It was vivid enough, an intense sense of the real, but an illusion nonetheless. I’d never been to this hospital in my life.”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

“Of course I love you-- I've never loved anyone else. But those are two different things.”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

“Suddenly in the bustle of the terminal, my destination, my name, my address will no longer be there in my brain. But this never lasts long: five or ten seconds at most.”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

“It's an odd thing to have in common-- like sharing a puddle on a quiet morning.”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman