Rain has the power to hypnotize.
HARUKI MURAKAMIMemories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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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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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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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 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 think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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