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Nagasawa
Nagasawa’s girlfriend. A chic, pleasant, mild-mannered young woman, Hatsumi masks her unhappy interior by dressing well and maintaining an air of calm collection. Deep down, however, Hatsumi is full of rage and grief over her failing relationship with Nagasawa and her indignity in the face of his many infidelities. At the same time, Hatsumi genuinely loves Nagasawa and seems unable to extricate herself from their partnership. Toru reveals, in a brief flash-forward, that, after graduating from university and marrying another man, Hatsumi takes her own life.
Hatsumi Quotes in Norwegian Wood
The Norwegian Wood quotes below are all either spoken by Hatsumi or refer to Hatsumi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
Quotes
I felt guilty that I hadn’t thought of Kizuki right away, as if I had somehow abandoned him. […] The things that his death gave rise to are still there, bright and clear, inside me, some of them even clearer than when they were new. […] I’m going to turn twenty soon. Part of what Kizuki and I shared when we were sixteen and seventeen has already vanished, and no amount of crying is going to bring that back. I can’t explain it any better than this, but I think that you can probably understand what I felt and what I am trying to say.
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Hatsumi Quotes in Norwegian Wood
The Norwegian Wood quotes below are all either spoken by Hatsumi or refer to Hatsumi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 8
Quotes
I felt guilty that I hadn’t thought of Kizuki right away, as if I had somehow abandoned him. […] The things that his death gave rise to are still there, bright and clear, inside me, some of them even clearer than when they were new. […] I’m going to turn twenty soon. Part of what Kizuki and I shared when we were sixteen and seventeen has already vanished, and no amount of crying is going to bring that back. I can’t explain it any better than this, but I think that you can probably understand what I felt and what I am trying to say.
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