Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
HARUKI MURAKAMIPain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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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.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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