“Despite your best effort, people are going to hurt when it's time for them to be hurt. Life is like that.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Flaws in oneself open you up to others with flaws.”
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“You know how they've got these cookie assortments, and you like some but you don't like others? And you eat up all the ones you like, and the only ones left are the ones you don't like so much? I always think about that when something painful comes up. 'Now I just have to polish these off, and everything'll be OK.' Life is a box of cookies.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.”
― Letters to Milena
― Letters to Milena
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