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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.

Haruki Murakami

Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Dreamer Dreams Positive Right Thinking
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Book Knowledge Reading Thinking
You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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.
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Broken Heart Damage Human Being Hurt Person Recover Repair She Understand
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate
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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Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk
Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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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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Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.

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