You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who’s in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It’s like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven’t seen in a long time.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.
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