There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
HARUKI MURAKAMIRain has the power to hypnotize.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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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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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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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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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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