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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.

Haruki Murakami

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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Break Up Let Go Matter Memories Suffering Want
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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Ocean People Talk
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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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Change Direction Fate Life Storm
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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Broken Heart Damage Human Being Hurt Person Recover Repair She Understand
Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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Hungry Love Want
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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Alone Disappointment Friendship Lead
Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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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Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.

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