As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
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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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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
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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 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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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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