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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Haruki Murakami

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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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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Feeling Sorry Yourself
There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Actual Deep Discover Hear Silence
A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible
Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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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.
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Ocean People Talk
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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Fall In Love Lover Memories Missing Pieces Room Search
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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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

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

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