There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
HARUKI MURAKAMIEverything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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 know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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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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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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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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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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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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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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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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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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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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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.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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