No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAs 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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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it – to be fed so much love I couldn’t take any more. Just once.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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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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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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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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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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.
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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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