I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it – to be fed so much love I couldn’t take any more. Just once.
HARUKI MURAKAMIDon’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
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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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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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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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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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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