Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
HARUKI MURAKAMINo matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
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My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
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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 don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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