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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?

Haruki Murakami

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 don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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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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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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 had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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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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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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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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