Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
HARUKI MURAKAMIThe most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
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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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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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it – to be fed so much love I couldn’t take any more. Just once.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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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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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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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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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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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.
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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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