If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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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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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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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 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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I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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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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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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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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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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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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