As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
HARUKI MURAKAMIPeople 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.
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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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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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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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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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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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