I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it – to be fed so much love I couldn’t take any more. Just once.
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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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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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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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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