Norwegian Wood

Κάποιες ιστορίες αγάπης χτίζονται κυρίως στον χρόνο που περνά χωριστά το ζευγάρι.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart. Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can’t believe that ours didn’t go on forever.

Dear John · Nicholas Sparks

Η μητέρα διορθώνει, ενώ μια ξένη δείχνει καλοσύνη.

It was hard not to compare Mrs Elm to her mother, who treated Nora like a mistake in need of correction. For instance, when she was a baby her mother had been so worried Nora’s left ear stuck out more than her right that she’d used sticky tape to address the situation, then disguised it beneath a woollen bonnet.

The Midnight Library · Matt Haig

Πώς αλλάζει ένα σπίτι όταν μένει άδειο

“It was raining when Rahel came back to Ayemenem. Slanting silver ropes slammed into loose earth, plowing it up like gunfire. The old house on the hill wore its steep, gabled roof pulled over its ears like a low hat. The walls, streaked with moss, had grown soft, and bulged a little with dampness that seeped up from the ground. The wild, overgrown garden was full of the whisper and scurry of small lives. In the undergrowth a rat snake rubbed itself against a glistening stone. Hopeful yellow bullfrogs cruised the scummy pond for mates. A drenched mongoose flashed across the leaf strewn driveway.

Ο θεός των μικρών πραγμάτων · Arundhati Roy