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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.

Haruki Murakami

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Break Up Let Go Matter Memories Suffering Want
Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Break Up I Miss You Memories Tears Warm
The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
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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
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
I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Heart Improvement People Positive Wisdom
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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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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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
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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.

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