No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
HARUKI MURAKAMIWhen I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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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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I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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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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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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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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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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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