Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami

I would describe only things that were touching or pleasant or beautiful: the fragrance of greases, the caress of a spring breeze, the light of the moon, a film I’d seen, a song I liked, a book that had moved me. I myself would be comforted by letters like this when I would reread what I had written. And I would feel that the world I lived in was a wonderful one. P336