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“I don’t know, it’s stupid being twenty,�� she said. “I’m just not ready. It feels weird. Like somebody’s pushing me from behind.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Now, though, I realize that all I can place in the imperfect vessel of writing are imperfect memories and imperfect thoughts.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Because sometimes I have a need for human warmth,�� I answered honestly. “Sometimes, if I can’t feel something like the warmth of a woman’s skin, I get so lonely I can’t stand it.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“I don’t know, sometimes I think I’ve got this hard kernel in my heart, and nothing much can get inside it. I doubt if I can really love anybody.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“I did not know why the flag had to be taken down at night. The nation continued to exist after dark, and plenty of people worked the whole night through—track construction crews and taxi drivers and bar hostesses and firemen and night watchmen: it seemed unfair to me that such people were denied the protection of the flag.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“I’m the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox. But that’s fine with me. I don’t mind at all. Better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class match.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood