“Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Love can rebuild the world, they say, so everything's possible when it comes to love.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Nothing so consumes a person as meaningless exertion”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Somewhere in his body--perhaps in the marrow of his bones--he would continue to feel her absence.”
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
“I wasn't in love with her. And she didn't love me. For me the question of love was irrelevant. What I sought was the sense of being tossed about by some raging, savage force, in the midst of which lay something absolutely crucial. I had no idea what that was. But I wanted to thrust my hand right inside her body and touch it, whatever it was.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
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