Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami
This week: 163 pages
Last week: 172 pages
Semester total: 969 pages
Quotes of the
"Clutching these faded, fading, imperfect memories to my breast, I go on writing this book with all the desperate intensity of a starving man sucking on bones" (10). - Norwegian Wood
"If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die" (54). - A Long Way Gone
"...I would carry around a very specific form of physical anxiety that feels kind of like my heart shrinking up like a raisin" (201). - Bossypants
Okay, so my favorite one by far has to be the first one. I mean, hello? Talk about a brilliant quote. It's kind of a cheat (this is its first time appearing in one of my currently posts), but it's so good. I mean, I just love "the desperate intensity of a starving man sucking on bones." I can literally feel the bone in my mouth, I can see the emaciated man in the corner, and I know exactly what Murakami's talking about. Pure poetry.
The only repeat from my other favorite quotes of ever post. The second quote appeals to me because it's such a good way to live. Forever the optimist because if today sucks, there's bound to be something good on the way. Or death. Whichever comes first.
And even though it didn't make the cut last time, the third quote just so happened to appeal to me more today than it did a couple of weeks ago. I can totally relate to the feeling of my heart shrinking up like a raisin. It's just such a great way to explain such a distinct feeling.
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