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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

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
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
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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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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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible
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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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
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate
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 don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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.
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Alone Disappointment Friendship Lead
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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.

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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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