Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
HARUKI MURAKAMINo matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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 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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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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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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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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