Quotes from book
Norwegian Wood

Name: Norwegian Wood
Author: Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami Original title ノルウェイの森 (Japanese, 1987)

Norwegian Wood is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.

“Colors shone with exceptional clarity in the rain. The ground was a deep black, the pine branches a brilliant green, the people wrapped in yellow looking like special spirits that were allowed to wander over the earth on rainy mornings only.”

Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“Death was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit me to forget that.”

Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.”

Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood
Context: But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.