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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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 MURAKAMIAs we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
HARUKI MURAKAMII want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
HARUKI MURAKAMII sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.
HARUKI MURAKAMINobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment.
HARUKI MURAKAMIRain has the power to hypnotize.
HARUKI MURAKAMIRemove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
HARUKI MURAKAMIListen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
HARUKI MURAKAMII 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.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAmong the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAnyone 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 MURAKAMINo 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.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
HARUKI MURAKAMII had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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