“There is no way around it: my memory is growing ever more distant from the spot where Naoko used to stand-ever more distant from the spot where my old self used to stand. And nothing but scenery, that view of the meadow in October, returns again and again to me like a symbolic scene in a movie. Each time is appears, it delivers a kick to some part of my mind. Wake up, it says. Im still here. Wake up and think about it. Think about why Im still here. The kicking never hurts me. Theres no pain at all. Just a hollow sound that echoes with each kick. And even that is bound to fade one day. At the Hamburg airport, though, the kicks were longer and harder than usual. Which is why I am writing this book. To think. To understand. It just happens to be the way Im made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.” -- Haruki Murakami, author of NORWEGIAN WOOD
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 09:52:02 +0000
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