February 2012
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jackiengo:
We each have a special something we can get only at a special time in our life. Like a small flame. A careful, fortunate few cherish that flame, nurture it, hold it as a torch to light their way. But once that flame goes out, it’s gone forever.
—Sputnik Sweetheart
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Holding this soft, small living creature in my lap this way, though, and seeing...
– The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (via lovefoodscience)
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Compared to the complexity of the universe, this world of ours is like the brain...
– Hear The Wind Sing
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Congratulations...
The winner of Birthday Stories is:
tullerusk
Please send me a message with your name and address and I’ll send the book to you asap. If you’d rather not send them through here, let me know and I’ll give you my private email address you can then send your details to.
Thanks everyone and keep following because I might have another giveaway coming up very soon!
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Keep reblogging....
I will be using the randomiser to pick a winner tomorrow and I’ll probably announce it sometime in the evening (UK time).
January 2012
30 posts
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I saw that she was crying. Before I knew it, I was kissing her. Others on the...
– Norwegian Wood (via akuumi)
timesofsilence asked: ooh~ A Haruki Murakami giveaway! I've been drawn into his style of writing ever since I read After Dark two years ago, and ironically, it happens to be my favorite book. Question, though. Can I trust that the giveaway is legitimate?
rob89 asked: I actually really love South of the Border West of the Sun, maybe more so than Norweigian Wood. I think Norweigian Wood is probably his best book though....if that makes any sense. I just feel more connected to SotB,WotS.
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For months, for years, I was sitting there all by myself in the depths of a...
– Pinball, 1973
asapmarky asked: My birthday is Feb 5th (Feb 4 in Asia) can you find it in your heart to send it to me? That'd be pretty appropriate, I think.
Anonymous asked: what is your most favorite Marukami book and why? thank you =)
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Birthday Stories - Giveaway!!!
Okay so as I don’t have much free time I’m keeping this simple.
Reblog this post as many times as you like.
This is open for one week until the 4th Feb 2012.
I will use a random online generator to choose a winner.
I will post anywhere in the world that my post office will deliver to.
I can’t be held responsible if the postal service lose it though.
I will not do anything...
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Now people can generally be classified into two groups: the mediocre realists...
– A Wild Sheep Chase (via acandleandawick)
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Not a cloud in the sky. Moreover, the whole of it was veiled in that languid...
– Pinball, 1973
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So it seems...
people are interested in the book giveaway :) I’ll get something up by the end of the week… I’m not sure yet whether to do just a simple ‘reblog and win’ thing or actually do a contest of some sort. Either way I’ll have it up by Friday :)
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I enjoyed hearing about faraway places. I had stocked up a whole store of these...
– Pinball, 1973
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That’s just the way life works out, we were scattered like seeds in the wind.
– Her Town, Her Sheep
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Chance encounters are what keep us going.
– Kafka on the Shore
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I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads...
– Norwegian Wood
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Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I’m gazing at a distant star....
– South of the Border, West of the Sun
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Once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you...
– Kafka on the Shore
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I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would...
– South of the Border, West of the Sun
mihomeow asked: I actually gasped out loud when I found this blog. Instant follow!
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I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In...
– South of the Border, West of the Sun
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You’re full of heartwarming stories, aren’t you?
– 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami (via kotaeru)
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December 2011
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He inherited from his mother’s stories the fundamental style he used,...
– The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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What I saw wasn’t a ghost. It was simply myself. I can never forget how...
– Mirror
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I’m kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn’t suit me. I’m...
– After Dark
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The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and...
– Dance Dance Dance
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The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In...
– Kafka on the Shore
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You...
– Kafka on the Shore
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When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that...
– Haruki Murakami
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Nothing could come between her and her faith in literature.
– Sputnik Sweetheart
poeticmonsters asked: Best blog ever!
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She was so young and beautiful, I felt overwhelmed to the point where I saw...
– Norwegian Wood (via daua)