Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
HARUKI MURAKAMITaking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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Nobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment.
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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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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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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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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 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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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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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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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Whenever 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.
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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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