Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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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 think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
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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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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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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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