Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
HARUKI MURAKAMILost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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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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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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 had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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 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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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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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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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.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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