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.
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.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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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.
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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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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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