— Haruki Murakami and Jay Rubin and and Philip GabrielBut in order to get into a top university, and pass the bar exam, I had to study like mad, just like Tengo and Aomame. I had no time to have fun like my classmates. I had to abstain from all worldly pleasures—not that I had much chance of obtaining them to begin with—and focus solely on my studies. I was always stuck between feelings of inferiority and superiority.
Replicated under Fair Use from 1Q84 (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami and Jay Rubin and and Philip Gabriel.