I 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 MURAKAMIConcentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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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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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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