Norwegian wood.

Definately recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading.
Well, i'm heading off to watch "Alone in love". -finally manage to download an avi player.
ps. I sprained my foot/hurt my tendon so I'm pretty much disabled momentarily.
Here are some excerpts from the book. -the golden rule: 10% leeway.

xoxo

Excerpt: 1

"Waiting for perfect love?"

"No, i know even better than that. I'm looking for selfishness. Perfect selfishness. Like say i tell you i want to eat strawberry shirtbread. And you stop everything you're doing & run out & buy it for me. And you come back out of breath & get down on your knees & hold this strawberry shortbread out to me. And i say i don't want it anymore & throw it out of the window. That's what im looking for. And when i do it, i want the man to apologize to me."

"What a fool i have been! I should have known that you would lose your desire for strawberry shortbread. I have all the intelligence & sensitivity of a piece of donkey shit. To make it up to you, i'll go out & buy you something else. What would you like?"

"So then what?"

"So then i'd give him all the love he deserves for what he's done."

Excerpt: 2

"What's wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you?"
"Kind of like a hobby?" she said, amused.
"Yeah i guess you could call it a hobby. Most normal people would call it friendship or love or something, but if you want to call it a hobby, that's ok, too."

Excerpt: 3

"It's better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class matchstick."

Excerpt: 4

"Come on, say something to me," Midori said, her face buried in my chest.
"What do you want me to say?"
"Anything. Something to make me feel good."
"You're really cute," i said.
"Midori," she said. "Say my name."
"You're really cute, Midori," I corrected myself.
"What do you mean really cute?"
"So cute the mountains crumble & the oceans dry up."
"You have this special way with words."
"I can feel my heart softening when you say that," I said, smiling.
"Say something even nicer."
"I really like you, Midori. A lot."
"How much is a lot?"
"Like a spring bear," i said.
"A spring bear?" midori looked up again. "What's that all about? A spring bear."
"You're walking through a field all by yourself one day in spring, & this sweet little bear cub with velvet fur & shiny little eyes comes along. And he says to you, Hi there, little lady. Want to tumble with me? So you & the bear cub spend the whole day in each other's arms, tumbling down this clover-covered hill. Nice, huh?"

Excerpt: 5

"But then i began to think how i would have felt if the tables had been turned & midori had moved somewhere without telling me where or getting in touch with me for 3 weeks. I would have been hurt - hurt badly, no doubt. No, we weren't lovers, but in a way we had opened ourselves to each other even more deeply than lovers do. The thought caused me a good deal of grief. What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for - and to do it unconsciously."

Excerpt: 6

"Hey, there, kizuki, I thought. Unlike you, I've chosen to live - and live the best I know how."

Excerpt: 7

"Let me tell you this, Watanabe," said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck.
"I'm a real, live girl, with real, live blood, gushing through my veins. You're holding me in your arms & I'm telling you that I love you. I'm ready to do anything you tell me to do. I may be a bit mad, but I'm a good girl, and honest, and I work hard, I'm kind of cute, I have nice boobs, I'm a good cook, and my father left me a trust fund. I mean, I'm a real bargain, dont you think? if you dont take me, I'll end up going somewhere else."

Excerpt: 8

"It's not my money," he said, "it's my feelings."