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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.

Haruki Murakami

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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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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Alone Disappointment Friendship Lead
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
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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Change Direction Fate Life Storm
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
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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Actual Deep Discover Hear Silence
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
If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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Anniversary Care Couple Forget Love Remember
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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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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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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