Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
HARUKI MURAKAMIListen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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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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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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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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 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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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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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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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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