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“Who was it who said loving someone is like having a mental illness that’s not covered by health insurance?”

I could stay up all night reading this!! But rats, it’s already midnight!!

This book is very touching as both a) a certified yearner who never gets over anything and b) someone who has lost a friend and a lover suddenly and without explanation, leaving me wracked with questions of what happened. Yep. Thanks Murakami.

“When something is perfect, where are you supposed to head to then? This might be one of the issues with eternity- not knowing where you should go next. But how much value was there in a love that didn’t seek the eternal?”

“You explained these things to me in bits and pieces. Like finding a ragged item in an old coat pocket.”