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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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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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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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