What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
HARUKI MURAKAMII have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.
HARUKI MURAKAMINobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment.
HARUKI MURAKAMIConcentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAmong the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
HARUKI MURAKAMIRemove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
HARUKI MURAKAMIA fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAs we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
HARUKI MURAKAMIEverything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
HARUKI MURAKAMINo matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
HARUKI MURAKAMIThere’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
HARUKI MURAKAMIListen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhen I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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