I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
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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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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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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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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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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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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