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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.

Haruki Murakami

If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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
Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible
A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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Break Up Enough Escape Fact Love Relationship
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Break Up Let Go Matter Memories Suffering Want
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard
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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I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
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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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