from norwegian wood

in the midst of life, everything revolved around death

he could charge forward, the optimistic leader even as his heart writhed in a swamp of loneliness. he lived in his own special hell.

watanabe: nobody likes being alone. i just hate to be disappointed

nagasawa:life doesn't require ideal. it requires standards of actions.
watanabe:what is the standard of action in your life?
nagasawa: to be a gentleman.
watanabe: what does it mean to be a gentleman?
nagasawa: a gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.

life is a box of chocolates.

you were so nice to me when i was having my problems, but now that you're having yours, it seems theres not a thing i can do for you. you are all locked up in that little owrld of yours, and when i try knocking on the door, you just sort of look up for a second and go back right inside.

Kizuki was still 17 and Naoko 21: for ever.

Letters are just pieces of paper. burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them and what vanishes will vanish.
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back to all she was worth. ikumi and honda. that kind of relationship. makes you wonder. is it fair?

can you keep someone else in your heart when you are with another person?