No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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 think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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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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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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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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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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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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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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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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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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