Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAs we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
HARUKI MURAKAMIYoung people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
HARUKI MURAKAMIRemove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
HARUKI MURAKAMII had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
HARUKI MURAKAMII think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
HARUKI MURAKAMIThe most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
HARUKI MURAKAMII’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
HARUKI MURAKAMIMy priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
HARUKI MURAKAMII 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 MURAKAMII want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
HARUKI MURAKAMIEverything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
HARUKI MURAKAMIPain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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