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 MURAKAMIWhat happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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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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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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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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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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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 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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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