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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami

When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Distinguish Real Writing
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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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Alone Disappointment Friendship Lead
Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Actual Deep Discover Hear Silence
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Broken Heart Damage Human Being Hurt Person Recover Repair She Understand
I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Break Up Enough Escape Fact Love Relationship
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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Heart Improvement People Positive Wisdom
Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Anniversary Care Couple Forget Love Remember
A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

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