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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Haruki Murakami

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
If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Break Up I Miss You Memories Tears Warm
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Actual Deep Discover Hear Silence
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Ocean People Talk
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
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
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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Fall In Love Lover Memories Missing Pieces Room Search
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate
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
A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

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