Maybe he was right. If I hadn’t split up with Yuzu—I mean, if Yuzu hadn’t left me—I’d probably still be painting run-of-the-mill portraits to make a living. But that wasn’t a choice I made myself. That’s the important point.
Murakami, Haruki. Killing Commendatore: A novel (Kindle location 3824-3826). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 2018, Kindle edition.
