I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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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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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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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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