Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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 think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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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.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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