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 MURAKAMIWhat happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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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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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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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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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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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 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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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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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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