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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.

Haruki Murakami

I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Break Up Enough Escape Fact Love Relationship
Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Distinguish Real Writing
My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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Change Direction Fate Life Storm
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Book Knowledge Reading Thinking
What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Heart Improvement People Positive Wisdom
Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard

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