My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
HARUKI MURAKAMISometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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 much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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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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