Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
HARUKI MURAKAMITaking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
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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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.
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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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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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 dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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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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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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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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