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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

Haruki Murakami

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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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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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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
Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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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
I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering

Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

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