Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
HARUKI MURAKAMILost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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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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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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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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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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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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