I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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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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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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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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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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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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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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