I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
HARUKI MURAKAMIPain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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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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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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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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