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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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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible
When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Distinguish Real Writing
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Break Up Let Go Matter Memories Suffering Want
I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Couple Existence Relationship Remember
Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Break Up I Miss You Memories Tears Warm
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Actual Deep Discover Hear Silence
I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Fall In Love Lover Memories Missing Pieces Room Search
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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Change Direction Fate Life Storm
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk
I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

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