Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
HARUKI MURAKAMIYoung people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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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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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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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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