Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAnd 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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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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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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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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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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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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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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