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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.

Haruki Murakami

Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Change Direction Fate Life Storm
I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard
My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Book Knowledge Reading Thinking
Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.
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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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The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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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Alone Disappointment Friendship Lead
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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I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

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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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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