Haruki Murakami on disappointment
Haruki Murakami51 quotes“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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami 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.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami 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.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami 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.
Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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