Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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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 think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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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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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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