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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.

Haruki Murakami

Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Feeling Sorry Yourself
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Ending Listen One Liner War
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible
Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Distinguish Real Writing
I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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Break Up Enough Escape Fact Love Relationship
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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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
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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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
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Couple Existence Relationship Remember
What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Heart Improvement People Positive Wisdom
If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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Anniversary Care Couple Forget Love Remember
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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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 dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Dreamer Dreams Positive Right Thinking
Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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
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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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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Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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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

No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.

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