No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
HARUKI MURAKAMIMemories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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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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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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 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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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