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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.

Haruki Murakami

Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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
Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Ending Listen One Liner War
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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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
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate
Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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
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
What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Heart Improvement People Positive Wisdom
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
Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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Change Direction Fate Life Storm
When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Distinguish Real Writing
Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself

Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.

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