When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
HARUKI MURAKAMII’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
HARUKI MURAKAMII 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.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
HARUKI MURAKAMINo matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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 MURAKAMIThere’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
HARUKI MURAKAMII think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
HARUKI MURAKAMII dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
HARUKI MURAKAMIRain has the power to hypnotize.
HARUKI MURAKAMILost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
HARUKI MURAKAMIPain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
HARUKI MURAKAMII 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.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
HARUKI MURAKAMIEverything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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