Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
HARUKI MURAKAMISilence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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.
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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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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 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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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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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