Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never te... - Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning."

"With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy."

"People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die."

"Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, everything revolved around death."

"But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives."