I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
HARUKI MURAKAMIMemories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
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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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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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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it – to be fed so much love I couldn’t take any more. Just once.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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