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Haruki Murakami

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 remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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Anniversary Care Couple Forget Love Remember
Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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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 know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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 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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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Break Up Let Go Matter Memories Suffering Want
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Book Knowledge Reading Thinking
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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Ocean People Talk
What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Heart Improvement People Positive Wisdom
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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Hungry Love Want
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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