Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
HARUKI MURAKAMII 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.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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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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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 dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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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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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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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