Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami
Japan
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer

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Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth.

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It's good when food tastes good, it's kind of like proof you're alive.

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All of us are imperfect human beings living in an imperfect world.

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For a certain kind of person, love begins from something tiny or silly. From something like that or it doesn't begin at all.

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A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.

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When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it. That's what I think. It's just a form of sincerity.

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If I have left a wound inside you, it is not just your wound but mine as well.

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When people tell a lie about something, they have to make up a bunch of lies to go with the first one. "Mythomania" is the word for it.

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Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action.

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Which is why I am writing this book. To think. To understand. It just happens to be the way I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.

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Haruki Murakami

 

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