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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Haruki Murakami

Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
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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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard
But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
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Broken Heart Damage Human Being Hurt Person Recover Repair She Understand
No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Actual Deep Discover Hear Silence
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Book Knowledge Reading Thinking
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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Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk
I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Distinguish Real Writing
Anyone 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.
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Fall In Love Lover Memories Missing Pieces Room Search
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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Feeling Sorry Yourself

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

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