"An important memory is like a gravitational field--the mind is compelled to return to it again and again. It is like a moon; it lives in light and shadow."

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I read Naoko's letter again and again, and each time I read it I would be filled with the same unbearable sadness I used to feel whenever Naoko stared into my eyes. I had no way to deal with it, no place I could take it to or hide it away. Like the wind passing over my body, it had neither shape nor weight, nor could I wrap myself in it.

— Haruki Murakami