Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.
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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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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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