100+ Haruki Murakami Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

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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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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Broken Heart Damage Human Being Hurt Person Recover Repair She Understand
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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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Actual Deep Discover Hear Silence
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Business Feeling Motivational Opportunity Possible
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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Hungry Love Want
There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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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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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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Distinguish Real Writing
Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.
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Ocean People Talk
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Inevitable Inspirational One Liner Optional Pain Suffering
What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Heart Improvement People Positive Wisdom
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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Hard Time Manage Person Storm Struggle Survive Walk
I’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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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
I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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Break Up Enough Escape Fact Love Relationship
Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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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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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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Change Direction Fate Life Storm
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Clock Decrease Future Increase Past Possiblity Regret Tick Unfortunate
Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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