Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhenever 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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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 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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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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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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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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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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