Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
HARUKI MURAKAMIUnfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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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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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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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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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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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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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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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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