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There is an instinctive withdrawal for the sake of preservation, a closure that assumes the order of completion. Winter is a season unto itself.

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Dreaming is the day job of novelists, but sharing our dreams is a still more important task for us. We cannot be novelists without this sense of shari...more

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Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you

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I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the m...more

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I think of human existence as being like a two-story house. On the rst oor people gather together to take their meals, watch television, and talk. e s...more

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I myself, as I’m writing, don’t know who did it. The readers and I are on the same ground. When I start to write a story, I don’t know the conclusion ...more

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All kinds of things are happening to me." I begin. ,,Some I choose, some I didn't. I don't know how to tell one from the other any more. What I mean i...more

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A question wells up inside me, a question so big it blocks my throat and makes it hard to breathe. Somehow I swallow it back, finally choosing another...more

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Maybe you didn't want to get married, or get tied down?'Tsukuru shook his head. 'No, I don't think that was it. I'm the sort of person who craves stab...more

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If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there’s salvation in life. Even if you can’t get together with that person.

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You lost all interest in this world. You were disappointed and discouraged, and lost interest in everything. So you abandoned your physical body. You ...more

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Maybe that's why people don't like you. You make it obvious you don't care whether people like you or not. That makses some people angry.

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I dream, sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

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And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is reall...more

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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.