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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.

Haruki Murakami

Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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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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Broken Heart Damage Human Being Hurt Person Recover Repair She Understand
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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Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk
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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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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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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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Couple Existence Relationship Remember
A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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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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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.
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Ocean People Talk
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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Distinguish Real Writing

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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