The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
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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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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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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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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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