If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
HARUKI MURAKAMIUnfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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.
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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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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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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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People 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.
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Nobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment.
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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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