Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
HARUKI MURAKAMIPain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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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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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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 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 dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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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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