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Haruki Murakami

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
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Couple Existence Relationship Remember
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Book Knowledge Reading Thinking
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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Distinguish Real Writing
Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible
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
I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible

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