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I might have been afraid that if I really loved someone and needed her, one day she might suddenly disappear without a word, and I'd be left all alone...more

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He stopped complaining, but now I was annoyed. I went to the roof and drank alone.

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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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April and May were painful, lonely months for me because I couldn't talk to you. I never knew that spring could be so painful and lonely. Better to ha...more

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Thinking about spaghetti that boils eternally but is never done is a sad, sad thing.

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It wasn't like there was some obvious change. Actually, the problem was more a lack of change. Nothing about her had changed - the way she spoke, her ...more

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The real world—where I probably could never be happy, and never get anywhere.

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Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock 'n' roll. Tears were warm, and girls were beautif...more

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Besides being the world the kind of sadness that can not be expressed in tears. You can not explain it to anyone. Unable to take any shape, settles qu...more

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No truth can cure the sadness we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness, can cure that sorrow. All we can do i...more

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She and I were bound together at the border between life and death. It was like that for us from the start

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Nights without work I spent with whisky and books.

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Then, all but instinctively, I took her in my arms. Pressed against me, her whole body trembling, she continued to cry without a sound.

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I'd like to have a good long talk with you once you've calmed down. Please call me soon. Happy Birthday.

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Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy...more