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.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhat happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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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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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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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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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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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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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I 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.
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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