Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
HARUKI MURAKAMIDon’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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