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 MURAKAMISilence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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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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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
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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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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
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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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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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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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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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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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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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