book starters [15]
               ( HARUKI MURAKAMI ) ( NORWEGIAN WOOD )Â
âWhat happens when people open their hearts?â
âNobody likes being alone that much.â
âI donât go out of my way to make friends, thatâs all. It just leads to disappointment.â
âDonât feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.â
âYou need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much.â
âI want you always to remember me.â
âDespite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when itâs time for them to be hurt.â
âWhat stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.â
âAll I want in this world is you.â
âI want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.â
âNo truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one.â
âWhat a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for and to do it so unconsciously.â
âIf youâre in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark.â
âIâve had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.â
âPeople leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.â
âStop eating yourself up alive. Things will go where theyâre supposed to go if you just let them take their natural course.â
âWhen your feelings build up and harden and die inside, then youâre in big trouble.â
âWhen you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it. â
âIf I have left a wound inside you, it is not just your wound but mine as well.â
âHey, what is it with you? Why are you so spaced out? You still havenât answered me.â
âPeople are strange when youâre a stranger.â
âThe dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.â
âYou donât get it, do you?â
âI am a flawed human being - a far more flawed human being than you realise.â
âAt least let me know whether or not I hurt you.â
âAll of us are imperfect human beings living in an imperfect world.â
âIâve never once thought about how I was going to die.â
âSo Iâm not crazy after all!â
âI miss you terribly sometimes, but in general I go on living with all the energy I can muster.â
âWill you wait for me forever?â
âI donât want our relationship to end like this.â
âWhen am I going to be able to talk to you? I want you to tell me that much, at least.â
âIt hurts not being able to see you.â
âIâm not totally mad at you. Iâm just sad.â
âThe world is an inherently unfair place.â
âLife frightens me sometimes. I donât happen to take that as the premise for everything else though.â
âIâm a real bargain, donât you think? If you donât take me, Iâll end up going somewhere else.â
âWeâre all kind of weird and twisted and drowning.â
âDonât you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and everybody and just go some place where you donât know a soul?â
âYouâre not telling me anything I donât know already.â









