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 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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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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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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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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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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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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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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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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