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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.

Haruki Murakami

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate
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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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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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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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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Alone Disappointment Friendship Lead
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
Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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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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Fall In Love Lover Memories Missing Pieces Room Search
Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Break Up I Miss You Memories Tears Warm
Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Ending Listen One Liner War
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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Dreamer Dreams Positive Right Thinking
No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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