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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

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Break Up I Miss You Memories Tears Warm
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Couple Existence Relationship Remember
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 think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Distinguish Real Writing
Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Break Up Let Go Matter Memories Suffering Want
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible
There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Break Up Enough Escape Fact Love Relationship
I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Broken Heart Damage Human Being Hurt Person Recover Repair She Understand
Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Expectation Life Seek Struggle Work Hard
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Feeling Sorry Yourself
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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Alone Disappointment Friendship Lead
Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
HARUKI MURAKAMI

Dreamer Dreams Positive Right Thinking
I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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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