Jennifer

“I lived in an apartment with my husband, and with this blob that could only be called a baby,”
― Jay Rubin, The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

“The time I have now, and the ways I can use it, have become so limited. What I sought now was the gentle warmth that lay inside, beneath her defensive wall. And the rhythmic beat of the heart that lay pulsing beneath.”
― Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

“Does the head of a family have the right to go mad any time he feels like it? To this question we must offer a resounding ‘‘No!’’ Imagine what would happen if the husbands of the world suddenly acquired the right to go mad. All, without exception, would leave their families behind for a happy life of song on the road, or wandering over hill and dale, or being kept well fed and clothed in an insane asylum.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

“I’m from the New Electro Company,’ Zame mutters. ‘Buy this electric spider.”
― Jay Rubin, The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories