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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As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
HARUKI MURAKAMII think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
HARUKI MURAKAMISometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
HARUKI MURAKAMILife is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhen I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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 MURAKAMITaking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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 dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
HARUKI MURAKAMIPeople 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 MURAKAMIThe most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAnd 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.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhenever 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 MURAKAMII think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
HARUKI MURAKAMIIf you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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