If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
HARUKI MURAKAMIA fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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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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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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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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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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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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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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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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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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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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 had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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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 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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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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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 don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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