I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
HARUKI MURAKAMINobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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