Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
HARUKI MURAKAMII think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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 dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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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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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