“My grandpa always said asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that is now. Can you believe it? We were so intimate once upon a time I can't believe it now. The memory of being that intimate with somebody. We were so intimate I could puke. I can't imagine ever being that intimate with somebody else. I haven't been.”
― Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
― Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
“there isn't enough of anything
as long as we live. But at intervals
a sweetness appears and, given a chance
prevails.”
― Ultramarine: Poems
as long as we live. But at intervals
a sweetness appears and, given a chance
prevails.”
― Ultramarine: Poems
“I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
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