1. The more time passes, the farther away the narrow world becomes.

2. No one likes to be alone in the world, but they just don’t want to make friends reluctantly, and they will be disappointed in the end.

3. That is not effort, just labor. What I mean by effort is very different from that. The so-called effort refers to active and purposeful activities.

4. I am very unwilling to hurt other people's hearts needlessly, especially the hearts of rare people.

5. However, it took me some time to recall Naoko's face in this way. And, as the years go by, time takes longer and longer, which is sad but true.

6. No one likes to be alone, they just don’t want to be disappointed.

7. If you read the same things as others, you can only think in the same way as others.

8. Death is not the opposite of life, but exists as a part of life. Death does not exist as the opposite of life, but as a part of it.

9. After being beaten by wind and rain, the stones on the edge of the well turned into a peculiar white and turbid color, and there were signs of cracking and collapse everywhere. I saw small green lizards darting in and out of the cracks in the stones. If you peer across the hole, you won't see anything. All I know is that it is so sexy and profound, so deep that you can’t even imagine it. But it was only filled with darkness—a thick darkness mixed with all the darkness in the world.

10. The dead are always dead, but we must continue to live.

11. Everyone in the world is working hard and desperately, but that is not effort, just labor. The so-called effort refers to active and purposeful action.

12. The firefly glows slightly at the bottom of the bottle. Its light is too weak and its color is too light. The last time I saw fireflies was a long time ago, but in my memory, fireflies should be dragging a much brighter stream of light in the summer night. I always thought that fireflies must emit that kind of brilliant, burning light.

13. Where am I now? I kept calling Midoriko in the middle of nowhere.

14. After the fireflies disappeared, the trace of light still lingered in my heart. Close your eyes. That faint light was like a wandering soul with nowhere to go, constantly wandering in the darkness. In the darkness, I reached out several times. But couldn't touch anything. That small ray of light was right where my fingertips were about to touch.

15. Compared with him, Kuzuki's eloquence is simply a toy for coaxing children and cannot be compared at all. Despite this, despite my admiration for Nagasawa's talents, I still miss Kizuki sincerely, and I feel more and more how sincere Kizuki is in treating others. He devoted all his few humorous talents to Naoko and me. In contrast, Nagaze showed off his outstanding talents in a childish way.

16. I raised my head and looked up at the dark clouds floating over the North Sea, while thinking about what I had lost in the past half of my life. Thinking about the lost years, the people who have died or left, and the thoughts that have disappeared.

17. Want to start a new life anywhere without acquaintances.

18. It’s too troublesome. It was very painful if I didn't smoke in the middle of the night, so I quit. I don't like to be held back by anything.

19. At dawn, the rain continued to fall. Unlike last night, the subtle autumn rain was so fine that it was almost invisible to the naked eye. You could only tell it was raining by the ripples of accumulated water and the sound of about two drops falling along the eaves. When I woke up, the window was filled with white smoke. As the sun rose, the smoke drifted away in the wind, and the lines of woods and mountains gradually appeared.

20. "Death is not the opposite of life, death is latent in our life." This is also true in reality. Through life we ??simultaneously cultivate death, but this is only a small part of the philosophy we must understand.

21. I raised my face and looked at the gloomy clouds over the North Sea, thinking about it.

I think of the many things I have lost in my past life journey, the wasted years, the people who have died or left, and the irretrievable regrets.

22. It’s true that you are cordial and enthusiastic, but you just can’t fall in love with someone from the bottom of your heart. There is always a place where you stay awake and have a sense of hunger, that’s all.

23. The reason why I move step by step is just because I have to move, no matter where I go.

24. As she walked, she stared at the sky, sniffed like a dog, and then said, "It smells of rain." I also followed her example and sniffed, but I couldn't smell anything. There are indeed more clouds in the sky, and the moon is hiding behind the clouds.

25. The sky was covered with darker clouds than before, and even the moon could not be seen. Now I'm starting to feel the rain, too. The grape umami from the bag is mixed in with it.

26. No matter what philosophy you are familiar with, it cannot eliminate the sadness caused by the death of a loved one. The only thing we can do is to break away from this sadness and understand some philosophy from it.

27. From him, there is almost no active vitality, and some are just clues of a dying life, just like a dilapidated house - a house with all the furniture moved out and all the sliding doors removed. Houses that are just waiting to be demolished. Around the chapped lips, there was a messy weed-like beard. I couldn't help but wonder how someone so depleted of vitality could grow such a lush beard.

28. This is unreasonable! Yes, my brain is not working well, just an ordinary citizen! But aren’t it the small people who support this world? Aren’t the people being exploited also ordinary people? Keep peddling a lot of words that the common people don't understand, what kind of ** is that, what kind of social change is that!

29. There is still fog in many places along the riverside road, lingering and rippling on the hillside in the wind. I stood several times on the way and looked back, or sighed meaninglessly. Because I felt as if I had been to a planet with a slightly different gravity, and when I thought that this was the outside world, I felt sad.

30. We walked in a silent pine forest. There were scattered carcasses of cicadas that died in late summer on the path, which were dry and itchy. It makes a snapping sound when stepped on.

31. That is to say, you can’t think too deeply about everything, and you must keep an appropriate distance between everything and yourself. I decided to forget everything about the past, including the pool table covered with green felt, the red N360, the white flowers on the seats, the smoke coming out of the towering chimney of the crematorium, and the police station. That heavy Wen Zhen in the interrogation room, all of this must be forgotten.

32. For quite some time, I decided not to answer the roll call even if I went to class. I also know that there is no point in doing this, but if I don't do it, I will feel terrible. However, as a result, I became more and more isolated in the class. When I didn't answer the call, an awkward atmosphere arose in the classroom. No one spoke to me, and I opened my mouth to no one.

33. A heavy downpour in the morning stopped before noon, and the low-hanging dark clouds were blown away by the wind blowing from the south. The bright green cherry trees swayed in the wind, and the sun shone brightly on them. That sunshine is already the sunshine of early summer.

34. Looking back now, it was really a wonderful day. In the very center of life, everything revolves around death.

35. No one wants to be lonely, they just don’t like to make friends reluctantly, which will only make people more disappointed.

36. Of course, like all kisses, our kisses do not mean that they do not contain some dangers.

37. Memory is always a bit mysterious. When I was actually there, I never felt that there was anything exciting about it.

38. I just feel lonely. Because you have always taken great care of me, but I have never served you once. You always curl up in your own world, but I keep knocking on the door and calling you. So you quietly raised your eyelids and immediately returned to their original state.

39. The dead will remain dead, but we will continue to live in the future.

40. In the real world, in many aspects, people impose themselves on each other and beggar their neighbors, otherwise they will not survive.

41. It’s not that I like loneliness, I just don’t like disappointment.

42. I walked on the dreamy and strange path under the moonlight, entered the forest, and walked around. Under the moonlight, various sounds made incredible echoes. The sound of my footsteps was like the footsteps of a person walking on the bottom of the sea, causing an echo of the sound and sound coming from the opposite direction. From time to time, a low and dry "click" sound came from behind. The forest was filled with suffocating dullness, as if nocturnal animals were waiting with bated breath for me to leave.

43. The so-called growth is exactly like this, that is, people fight against loneliness, get hurt, lose, and lose but still want to live.

44. There are groups of students everywhere. They express their opinions on any topic at random, laughing and scolding... everyone looks very happy. There is no way of knowing whether they are truly happy or just appear so. But no matter what, everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, and I felt a loneliness I had never felt before, and I felt that I was the only one who was incompatible with this situation.

45. Forget all of this. It went smoothly at the beginning, but no matter how hard I tried to forget, there was always a hazy and air-like clot remaining in my heart.

46. No matter how complicated things are, or even if there is nothing you can do, you must not be discouraged or push for quick results. You must be mentally prepared for a protracted war and must patiently clean up the problems one by one. .

47. I suddenly thought of Hatsumi, and only then did I realize what the tremor she brought to my soul was - it was like a boyhood longing, a kind that has never been realized and will never be realized. An impossible vision. I had forgotten this kind of burning innocent longing somewhere a long time ago. For a long time, I didn’t even remember that it existed in my heart. And what Hatsumi shook was precisely the "part of myself" that had been sleeping in me for a long time. When I suddenly realized this, I was so sad that I almost burst into tears. She is truly, truly a special woman and someone should lend a helping hand to her no matter what.

48. If you are alone, you will feel as if your body is decaying bit by bit, and eventually it will dissolve into a green viscous liquid and be sucked into the ground, leaving only your clothes behind. There, that's what it feels like. Waiting all day non-stop.

49. There is no need to raise your voice. There is no need to persuade anyone, and there is no need to attract attention.

50. When there are so many possibilities around you, it is very difficult to turn a blind eye to them.

51. Whether in the paperweight or in the four red and white spheres arranged on the pool table, death exists. And each of us breathes it into our lungs like fine dust while we are still alive.

52. We met just for the sake of meeting. Even if we don't meet at that time, we will meet somewhere else.

53. Memory is really incredible. When I was there, I didn't pay any attention to the scenery.

54. It took a long time for them to get sick and die. In the end, they didn’t even know whether they were alive or dead. If there is any remaining consciousness, it is just a painful feeling.

55. If Mu Yue had not died, the two of them would still be in love with each other, and then fall into misfortune step by step.

56. That was a pitiful pursuit in his pitiful life. Who has the right to laugh at it!

57. As the saying goes, growth is like this. We struggle with loneliness, loss, disappointment, and loss, but we have to survive.

58. However, it always takes some time for Naoko's face to emerge in my mind like this. And, as the years go by, it takes longer and longer. This is sad, but it is what it is.

At first, it takes five seconds to remember, and gradually it becomes ten seconds, thirty seconds, and one minute. It lengthens so quickly that it is like a shadow under the setting sun, and will soon disappear into the darkness of night.

59. I am a little surprised that Naoko is twenty years old. Neither I nor Naoko always thought that we should still be hovering between the ages of eighteen and nineteen. After eighteen is nineteen, before nineteen is eighteen - of course it is clear. But she is twenty after all, and I will be twenty too in the fall. But the dead are forever seventeen.

60. Doesn’t the biscuit jar contain all kinds of biscuits, including the ones you like and the ones you don’t like so much? If you eat what you like first, then the rest will be all you don’t like. Every time I encounter trouble, I always think like this: deal with this first, and then things will be great. Life is a cookie jar.

61. I have nowhere to express this depression, and I have no way to deal with it. Like the wind blowing around you, it has neither outline nor weight. I couldn't even keep it to myself. The scenery passed slowly before my eyes. I can't hear what they say.

62. I have told you before that the best way to deal with this matter is to be patient, never give up hope, and sort out the entangled clues one by one. No matter how pessimistic things may seem, there must be a breakthrough somewhere. If the surroundings are pitch black, then you can only wait for your eyes to get used to the darkness.

63. What am I pursuing? And what do people want me to give them? But I still can't find a decent answer.

64. I was not prepared at all for turning twenty. I was quite puzzled, as if someone had pushed it to me from behind.

65. However, neither Yongze nor I could save her. When Mei Mei - like all my acquaintances - reached a certain stage of life, she ended her life on her own as if she suddenly remembered.

66. Moreover, as the years go by, time takes longer and longer. Although it is very sad, it is absolutely true. What initially took me just five seconds to recall gradually became ten seconds, thirty seconds, and then a minute. Like a dark shadow at dusk, it grows longer and longer. Maybe he will be swallowed up by darkness in the end?

67. But to be honest, treating him as a joke is really unpleasant. Because he is just the third son in a not-so-rich family. Just an overly serious kid. And a small dream in this child's ordinary life is nothing more than making a map. Who can tell it as a joke?

68. Every time I think the smoke suddenly becomes louder, but then it goes out a little, and it goes on and on. The crowd shouted and ordered. The newspaper's helicopter flew over with a clattering sound, took photos and then flew back.

69. However, when walking on the road where hanging leaves have fallen all over the ground, there will always be sounds of rushing orders. As soon as I heard this voice, I felt that Naoko was very sympathetic. What she wanted was not my arm, but someone else's. What she wants is not my body temperature, but someone else's.

70. I say Mu Yue, the world is really going downhill! These guys have obtained college credits one by one, and after leaving school, they will spare no effort to build an equally despicable society.

71. But to be honest, I really can’t bear to make him a joke. He was born into a family that was not financially well-off, and he was the third boy in the family who was quite pedantic. Besides, he just wanted to draw maps - that was a pitiful pursuit in his pitiful life. Who has the right to laugh at it!

72. The depths of her pupils were dark, and the heavy liquid was drawing incredible vortexes.

73. The uniqueness of adolescent girls, or what might be called the solitary and unrestrained style of going her own way, is gone forever in her.

74. No matter what truth you possess, the grief of losing a loved one is incurable. No amount of truth, honesty, strength, or gentleness can cure that sorrow.

75. Death is no longer the opposite of life.

Death has already existed in my body. No matter how hard you try, you still can't forget it. Because the death that held Mu Yue that night in May also held me.

76. Of course it was Nagaze who informed me of her death. He wrote me a letter from Bonn, saying: "With Hatsumi's death, something has disappeared, which is really sad and uncomfortable, even for me." I tore up the letter. Shattered and never wrote to him again.

77. In the eyes of others, you are a character who is not liked but does not matter.

78. Naoko and I were wearing rubber-soled shoes, and we could hardly hear our footsteps. Only when we stepped on the fallen leaves of the huge French plane trees on the road, we made a dry sound of "chacha". . And when I heard this sound, I felt sorry for Naoko. What she desires is not my arm, but someone's arm. What she desires is not my body temperature, but someone's body temperature. And I can only be me, so I feel a little guilty.

79. The sky is so high that if you stare at it for a while, your eyes will feel sore. The wind blew across the grassland, ruffling her hair, and then fled to the other side of the woods. Leaves rustled and dogs barked in the distance. The voice sounds a little vague, as if you are standing at the entrance to another world.

80. What she desires is not my arm, but someone’s arm. What she desires is not my body temperature, but someone’s body temperature. And I can only be me, so I feel a little guilty.

81. Midori replied: I always feel hungry and thirsty, and I really want to work hard to get love, even just once - until I say it’s okay and my belly is full. Thank you for your hospitality. Just once, just once. However, they never satisfied me once. I just thought: I must find someone who loves me 100% all year round.

82. To be honest, I didn’t care about the scenery at all at that time. I only care about myself, the beauty walking beside me, the relationship between me and her, and then I turn around and care about myself. No matter what I saw, felt, or thought, the result would always fly to my side like a dart. It was such an era at that time.

83. Closing my eyes, I temporarily commit myself to the dark night in my memory. The sound of the wind was heard more clearly than usual. The wind wasn't too strong, but it blew around me, leaving a surprisingly clear trail. When I opened my eyes, the darkness of the summer night became deeper.

84. One day, death will hold us tightly. But on the other hand, we will not be trapped until death is trapped in us.

85. I have read this letter hundreds of times, and I feel extremely sad every time I read it. It was the same kind of sadness that he felt when Naoko stared into his eyes. I can neither get rid of this boredom nor know where to hide it. It was as shapeless and weightless as a passing gust of wind. I couldn't even wrap it around my body. The scenery moved slowly from my eyes, but its language failed to reach my ears.

86. I stood still and stared at the tiny light. The light reminded me of the last flicker of the soul like a candle in the wind. I really want to use both hands to cover that light tightly and protect it. I stared at the flickering light for a long time, just like Gatsby watching the small spot of light on the other side all night long.

87. I hold tightly to this incomplete memory that is already blurry and increasingly blurry, and I try my best to write this novel as much as I can.

88. Naoko was sitting on the sofa reading a book. She crossed her legs and pressed her fingers to her temples as she read, as if counting the words that came into her mind.

89. The lost people are lost, and the people who meet will only meet again. Even the person you love the most will have a forest in your heart that you can't reach.

90. Live here and die there. And I am at this end, not at that end.

91. Before this, I grasped death as an independent existence completely free from life, that is to say: sooner or later, death will capture us in its hands, but on the contrary, in death We are not captured by death before it captures us. In my opinion, this idea is completely justified and unimpeachable. Live on this side, die on that side. I am on this side, not on that side.

92. But it’s not bad. Everyone is extremely bored anyway. It’s okay to admire the young girl’s legs occasionally. It's also not known that getting high will promote recovery.

93. The lost people are lost here, and the reunited people are reunited here.

94. Frankly speaking, what I was thinking about at that time was just myself, a beautiful girl walking beside me, my relationship with her, and then it turned back to myself. At that age, no matter what I saw, felt, or thought, it would eventually come back to me like a boomerang.

95. Well, that funeral was so miserable. People shouldn't die like that.

96. Apart from this, there is no other sound. No sound can enter our ears. No one would pass us by. We only saw two bright red birds fluttering timidly from the grassland and flying into the woods.

97. As long as the Suicide Squad is mentioned, the whole world will be filled with peace and laughter.

98. Naoko stopped, and I stopped too. She put her hands on my shoulders and stared into my eyes. Deep in the pupils, the dark, thick liquid swirled into incredible shapes. It was such a pair of beautiful eyes that stared at me for a long time and steadily. Then, she stood up on her tiptoes and gently pressed her cheek against mine.

99. The building of my alma mater. It was covered with ivy, and there were a few pigeons resting on the eaves. The building looks ancient. There are also tall oak trees planted in the yard, and white smoke curls up next to the trees. In the late summer sunshine, the white smoke looks even more hazy.

100. Don’t pity yourself, that is what a despicable coward does.

101. Memory is really incredible. When I was in the scene, I didn’t pay attention to the scenery at all. I didn't think it would leave a deep impression at the time, nor did I expect that 18 years later, I wouldn't be able to remember every plant and tree so clearly.

102. The pair of eyes turned around like an independent entity, sometimes smiling, sometimes angry, sometimes sad, and sometimes gloomy.

103. The fragments of words seemed to be torn off and floating in the air.

104. Now that I think about it, it was a strange day and night. In the age of youth, when I was living a good life, everything revolved around death.

105. For a certain kind of person, love starts from something very trivial and boring. Even without that, there is no way to start.

Introduction to "Norwegian Wood"

This is a touching, gentle and elegant, slightly sentimental love novel. The protagonist Watanabe of the novel unfolds his love entanglement with two girls in the first person. Watanabe's first love, Naoko, was originally the girlfriend of his high school classmate Kizuki, who later divorced. A year later, Watanabe and Naoko met by chance and started dating. At this time, Naoko had become quiet and shy, with an elusive shadow flashing through her beautiful crystal eyes from time to time. The two of them just walked aimlessly in front of, behind or side by side in the fallen leaves of Tokyo day after day. The two had sex on the night of Naoko's 20th birthday. Unexpectedly, Naoko disappeared the next day. A few months later, Naoko wrote to say that she was admitted to a mental sanatorium far away in the mountains. When Watanabe went to visit, he found that Naoko began to have the plumpness and beauty of a mature woman. Although the two were in the same room at night, Watanabe restrained himself and said before breaking up that he would always wait for Naoko. Not long after returning to school, due to a chance encounter, Watanabe began to date Midori, who was in the lower grade. Midoriko is the complete opposite of the introverted Naoko, "just like a deer jumping into the world in the spring morning light." During this period, Watanabe felt very depressed and hesitant.

On the one hand, I can't forget Naoko's lingering illness and tenderness, on the other hand, I can't resist Midoriko's bold confession and charming vitality. Soon the bad news of Naoko's death came, and Watanabe walked around in despair. Finally, with the encouragement of Naoko's roommate Reiko, she began to explore her future life.