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Haruki Murakami

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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Hungry Love Want
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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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Dreamer Dreams Positive Right Thinking
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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Couple Existence Relationship Remember
You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard
Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Break Up I Miss You Memories Tears Warm
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Break Up Let Go Matter Memories Suffering Want
When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Distinguish Real Writing
I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Actual Deep Discover Hear Silence
What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Heart Improvement People Positive Wisdom
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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Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk

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