Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
HARUKI MURAKAMILost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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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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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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 had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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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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