Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
HARUKI MURAKAMII had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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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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I 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.
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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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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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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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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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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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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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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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 think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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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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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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