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Safen said:
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Nostalgia, Mystery and DesiresSouth of the Border, West of the Sun is one Murakami book that I recall each moments of. Except for not reading three of his novels (I really should get on that!) This book remains my go to Murakami book. My favorite par ...more "
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"Every year, I reread this book; it's almost like a pilgrimage for me. This year, I started just this week after a significant life event, and it feels different. The idea of "the one that got away" resonates deeply. Before, I saw Shimomoto as a romantic ideal Hajime dearly wanted to be real. Now, I also see how Hajime was changing his entire vision of his future." — Jun 28, 2024 11:42AM
"Every year, I reread this book; it's almost like a pilgrimage for me. This year, I started just this week after a significant life event, and it feels different. The idea of "the one that got away" resonates deeply. Before, I saw Shimomoto as a romantic ideal Hajime dearly wanted to be real. Now, I also see how Hajime was changing his entire vision of his future." — Jun 28, 2024 11:42AM
“I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak and act like a human being, I kept my solitary agonies locked in my breast. I kept my melancholy and my agitation hidden, careful lest any trace should be left exposed. I feigned an innocent optimism; I gradually perfected myself in the role of the farcical eccentric.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“Now I have neither happiness nor unhappiness.
Everything passes.
That is the one and only thing that I have thought resembled a truth in the society of human beings where I have dwelled up to now as in a burning hell.
Everything passes.”
― No Longer Human
Everything passes.
That is the one and only thing that I have thought resembled a truth in the society of human beings where I have dwelled up to now as in a burning hell.
Everything passes.”
― No Longer Human
“Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“I was born with gloomy nature. I do not think I have ever known what it is to be cheerful and at ease.”
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
“And just because I've written this book, don't think I've changed. I'm like I was back then, really.”
― Almost Transparent Blue
― Almost Transparent Blue
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