Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
HARUKI MURAKAMIListen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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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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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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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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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
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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’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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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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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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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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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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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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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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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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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