I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
HARUKI MURAKAMIDon’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.
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I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it – to be fed so much love I couldn’t take any more. Just once.
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
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I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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