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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.

Haruki Murakami

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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Ocean People Talk
I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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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Alone Disappointment Friendship Lead
Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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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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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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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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Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Actual Deep Discover Hear Silence
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Break Up Let Go Matter Memories Suffering Want
I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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Break Up Enough Escape Fact Love Relationship
Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard
I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

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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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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