

“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

“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.”
― After the Quake
― After the Quake

“I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood

“A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore

“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
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