Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAmong the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhat happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.
HARUKI MURAKAMII dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
HARUKI MURAKAMINo matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
HARUKI MURAKAMILife is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAnd 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.
HARUKI MURAKAMINo matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
HARUKI MURAKAMISometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAnyone 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.
HARUKI MURAKAMILost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
HARUKI MURAKAMIMy priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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