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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami

I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
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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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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Book Knowledge Reading Thinking
Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Break Up I Miss You Memories Tears Warm
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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Hungry Love Want
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.
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Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Break Up Let Go Matter Memories Suffering Want
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate

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