As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
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I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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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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Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.
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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 dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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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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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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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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