A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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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 don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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 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 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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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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