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.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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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’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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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