No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
HARUKI MURAKAMILost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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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 think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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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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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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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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I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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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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