As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
HARUKI MURAKAMISilence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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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 dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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