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.
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.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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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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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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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